. >> reporter: i obtained cal osha, mostly employee safety complaints going back 20 years.ce a well petroleum expert told me chevron is -- encouraging workers to stop work on safety issues without fear of reprisal. to these specific issues chevron would not answer questions. a year ago, a ruptured tube caused another fire. operator said a 33% increase in high sulfur crude oil processed takes a toll on the equipment. >> when chevron went to higher sulfur inherently more corrosive crude, workers started finding corrosion everywhere. multiple parts of this refinery are being corroded from the inside out. >> reporter: wendy carlson, cal osha director told us most of the inspections have to be done internally. >> they're responsible to review all of their elbows and piping systems. it's not our responsibility. >> reporter: cal osha noted some workers will not go over their supervisors with fear of retaliation. >> i do know workers fear retaliation. >> reporter: from 2003 to 2008, despite the company's own inspections, osha said chevron caused to repair a threat of cancer causing

no. >> reporter: cal-osha concluded that california's refineries are some of the safest in the nationeg is senior scientist at the nonprofit advocacy group, communities for a better environment. >> they just took a statistic that was painted by the industry, and bought it hook, line, and sinker. >> reporter: chevron had no comment. four years ago, cal-osha inspected and passed with flying colors a pressure relief system that burns off excess gases to prevent explosions. chevron still would not comment. perhaps it had to do with other regulatory agencies. >> it might be the criminal investigation the epa has ongoing, alleging that chevron will fully covered up, and didn't report violations. >> reporter: cal-osha's process safety edition has just 8 inspectors not just to cover the state refineries, but 1400 other california plants and refineries. left it up to pacific gas and electric before sam bruno. not enough inspectors, and not enough answers and you are paying for it. i'm consumer editor tom baker. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a wind whipped brush fire shut town traffic on a freeway.

no. >> reporter: cal-osha concluded that california's refineries are some of the safest in the nationeg is senior scientist at the nonprofit advocacy group, communities for a better environment. >> they just took a statistic that was painted by the industry, and bought it hook, line, and sinker. >> reporter: chevron had no comment. four years ago, cal-osha inspected and passed with flying colors a pressure relief system that burns off excess gases to prevent explosions. chevron still would not comment. perhaps it had to do with other regulatory agencies. >> it might be the criminal investigation the epa has ongoing, alleging that chevron will fully covered up, and didn't report violations. >> reporter: cal-osha's process safety edition has just 8 inspectors not just to cover the state refineries, but 1400 other california plants and refineries. left it up to pacific gas and electric before sam bruno. not enough inspectors, and not enough answers and you are paying for it. i'm consumer editor tom baker. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> a wind whipped brush fire shut town traffic on a freeway.

. >>> cal-osha is investigating the death of a man who was crushed by a fork lift about 9:30 a.m. this morning at sierra -- over super lynx plastic. workers were lifting one fork lift with another when it fell and crushed a worker. the victim was a 34-year-old man from oakland. cal-osha investigated them twice last year, one for two minor violations and another a worker sprained his ankle. >>> judge made it official today, the solyndra plant will be sold to seigate technology for $90 million. they will use the facility for their operations. no additional details was given. president obama called solyndra a model of green technology and then went bankrupt later. >>> new health concerns about another type of energy product, this time it is the 5-hour energy which comes in a shot size bottle. ktvu's david stevenson tells us what led to the investigation. david? >> reporter: first, monster energy, now 5-hour energy is being scrutinized for possible link to injuries and deaths. >> reporter: she is a coordinator at ucsf and relies on 5-hour energy shots to give a boost. >> i try not to

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according to cal osha, two men were trying to service a forklift when it came down on one man. cal osha is currently investigating the accident. >>> a well-known comedian arrested in oakland. >>> a daring heist on the east coast and how it's connected to cupertino. >>> how well does this work? we give the tesla model s, a long-term test drive. >>> and could the mona lisa be coming to the bay arearea. a new partnership that should have art lovers thrilled. think of all the people you know, one out of every three of them is either unemployed or underemployed. meaning they're in a job they're overqualified to do. that's the headline from the new study focus odd n the san jose labor market. damon trujillo is live in downtown. the study highlights two economies in the same city. >> reporter: absolutely, jessica. to my left are the e-bays and the high tech companies. their offices are full of people making a healthy salary. on my right in this part of town are all the unemployment centers. their offices are also full of people, only they're looking to make end meet. preliminarily, th

cal osha is investigating. >>> a third person has died from accidently eating poisonous mushrooms.etaker had picked the mushrooms in the backyard, apparently not realizing they were poisonous, and then used them to make soup. the latest victim was a 90-year- old. three other people got sick. >>> it's cooling off out there and the fog is going to form. i'm not seeing fog yet, but what i am seeing is dew points in this range. the temperature in santa rosa, 44. the overnight low is forecast to get down to 40 in napa. 43 in vallejo. we're going to see plenty of valley fog tomorrow morning. not coastal fog. that impacts your getaway, or travel for thanksgiving. think about that in the morning hours. other than that, your weekend looks good. as we get into tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 50s. by tomorrow afternoon, temperatures are easily into the mid-60s. a nice looking thanksgiving day. when i come back, the computer model, looking at fog and the rest of your holiday week an weekend. >>> a graphic reminder tonight from the menlow park fire department if you plan to deep fry your

cal osha is investigating. >>> a third person has died from accidently eating poisonous mushrooms. a caretaker had picked the mushrooms in the backyard, apparently not realizing they were poisonous, and then used them to make soup. the latest victim was a 90-year- old. three other people got sick. >>> it's cooling off out there and the fog is going to form. i'm not seeing fog yet, but what i am seeing is dew points in this range. the temperature in santa rosa, 44. the overnight low is forecast to get down to 40 in napa. 43 in vallejo. we're going to see plenty of valley fog tomorrow morning. not coastal fog. that impacts your getaway, or travel for thanksgiving. think about that in the morning hours. other than that, your weekend looks good. as we get into tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 50s. by tomorrow afternoon, temperatures are easily into the mid-60s. a nice looking thanksgiving day. when i come back, the computer model, looking at fog and the rest of your holiday week an weekend. >>> a graphic reminder tonight from the menlow park fire department if you plan to deep fry

cal/osha is investigating the accident. >>> 8:55.pening right now, here is a live picture, highway 50 and myers. that's a lot of snow. it's been snowing for several hours. highway 50 is a major route to south lake tahoe -- route -- to south lake tahoe. if you plan to go up there, chains are required. caltrans says four-wheel drive vehicles and snow tires, they are the only exceptions. >>> and for the most up to the date weather information including -- most-up to the date weather information you can get the latest on mobile ktvu.com and on our website as well. >>> want to check in again with sal. it's still pretty slow on 880. >> it is. we had earlier problems maybe to blame and just people driving on it right now. you can see how slow it is driving up north to the downtown oakland area. you might consider using 5 0 which is slightly but not much better. looking around at the toll plaza. i think -- i think you will like what you see here. i want to show you -- i want to show you the maps. northbound 101 is slow but 280 and 85 are dec