Friday, April 8, 2011

NO GLOVE FOR HUSTLER AND IT WILL COST YOU $14K FINE BY CAL/OSHA - MEDIA CRIES OUT TIME TO HIT THE GAY BAREBACK COMPANIES




LOS ANGELES, CA — Its been confirmed that California workplace safety officials Cal/OSHA, have fined Larry Flynt’s Hustler Video heterosexual adult film label and Forsaken Pictures adult film label, for allegedly not using condoms on set to protect sex performers from exposure to sexually transmitted diseases.
Hustler Video /LFP, Inc faces $14,175 in fines for three violations, including failure to provide condoms or other protective equipment, according to a Division of Occupational Safety and Health citation which was provided to The Associated Press last Wednesday March 30, 2011.


According to Cal/OSHA, Hustler Video “failed to ensure the use of appropriate personal protective equipment, such as condoms” to protect its employees from semen, vaginal excretions and blood in the course of producing adult videos, according to the citation.
The current fines are based on the same section of state law that also requires hospitals to provide nurses with protective gear to spare them exposure to blood-borne and fluid-borne illnesses. Flynt has said in the past that audiences don’t want to watch porn in which actors use condoms.


Hustler was also fined for failing to maintain a written injury and illness policies and for failing to provide workers with vaccines for hepatitis C. Hustler’s citation stems from a September 14th inspection of a adult film production site in response to a complaint from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that advocates for safe sex in the Adult Film Industry.
Forsaken Pictures faces $12,150 in fines for similar violations. The fines were issued back on Wednesday March 9th. Cal/OSHA Senior Safety Engineer Deborah Gold said the state continually investigates the porn industry, though job sites can be difficult to find, and has cited a handful of producers for violations in recent years.


“Clearly if an employee is having unprotected sexual contact with another person then there needs to be either engineering control, like simulation, or people need to use a condom or other barrier,” stated Gold. Late last year, a porn actor tested positive for HIV at a California clinic, causing panic among actors. Some San Fernando Valley Adult Entertainment studios in the multi billion-dollar adult entertainment industry stop productions temporarily as a precaution.
Hustler Video attorneys have indicated to Cal/OSHA that the company plans to appeal recent health citations stemming from an investigation into the company that found it violated various workplace safety regulations.

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