NL- Great Story from Xbiz.com that lotsa people are talking about. THis is the same company who put a HIV+ performer under contract and then sent out a press release about it. I wonder why OSHA would look into them? Dumbasses, in so many ways….
Bareback Studio Treasure Island Fined Over Sex Scenes
By Lyla Katz
Friday, Dec 3, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — Gay bareback studio Treasure Island Media is appealing three citations issued by Cal/OSHA, stemming from an investigation into the company that found it violated workplace safety regulations by allowing performers to have unprotected sex.
Krisann Chasarik, of the California Department of Industrial Relations, told XBIZ the investigation into the company began last November in response to a complaint the agency received about possible safety violations at Treasure Island Media.
Chasarik said the five-month investigation was completed last March and a total of three citations were issued, totaling $21,470 in penalties.
Two serious citations were issued for $9,000 each. One citation said the employer has not developed procedures for:
Methods of compliance, including engineering controls and work practices;
Hepatitis B Vaccination, post-exposure evaluation and follow up;
Communication of hazards to employees; and
Recordkeeping.
“On Nov. 5, 2009, Treasure Island Media had failed to write or otherwise establish, implement and maintain an effective exposure control plan,” the 23-page investigation report said.
“Employees were exposed to semen and other potentially infectious materials, due to work activities during filming and set cleaning.”
The second serious citation said, “Treasure Island Media does not observe universal precautions during the production of their films. They have not instituted engineering and work practices controls to eliminate or minimize contact with blood and semen, including, but not limited to, the use of barrier protection such as condoms.”
Treasure Island Media’s general manager Matt Mason told XBIZ that the company has cooperated with the Cal/OSHA investigation and administrative process.
"We have appealed the citations and participated in the informal conference process and expect to take the matter to a hearing in 2011 with an administrative law judge," Mason said.
Treasure Island Media has recently signed HIV-positive performer James Roscoe and has been promoting scenes with other HIV-positive performers.
Cal/OSHA senior safety engineer Deborah Gold said the agency issued citations to the company because of performers having unprotected sex and other technical issues, not because of scenes involving HIV-positive performers.
"Anybody may be infected, therefore you have to treat everybody’s blood and other potential infectious materials [such as semen] as though it can be infectious,” Gold said.
I think the words “I told you so” are quite appropriate. The funniest part is yet to come,,,the administrative hearing where this company is going to try to come up with some legal theory as to why they are exempt from these regulations. Of course every single other porn company that has tried this has failed 100% of the time.
For their own health’s sake, shouldnt gay performers demand testing, bias or not. Gay for pay performers for sure.
But Larry, that would complicate Trannyfucker and friends schedules.