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FLASH: Standards Board Approves Heat Illness Changes The Cal/OSH Standards Board unanimously adopted Division of Occupational Safety and Health-recommended revisions to the state heat illness prevention standard, a year after the rulemaking body rejected proposed emergency revisions. Read more here ... More...

FLASH: Standards Board has Two New Members Gov. Schwarzenegger announces the appointment of two new members to the Cal/OSH Standards Board. One position fills the vacant labor seat. The other means the end of Dr. Jonathan Frisch's tenure on the board. Read more here ... More...

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Serious Violation Bill Goes to Governor After months of negotiations, one of the most significant occupational health and safety bills in years is headed to Governor Schwarzenegger. What does it do? Will he sign it? Click here to find out. Read more here ... More...

Loggers Killed in North State Humboldt County suffers two fatal workplace incidents in less than a week. Click here to learn about the latest Cal/OSHA investigations. Read more here ... More...

How Do You Fight a “You Do It” VP? A California safety manager is at her wits' end battling a vice president who just doesn't seem to get it when it comes to safety. Answers, anybody? Read more here ... More...

AgSafe Fall Conference Cancelled An agricultural organization is forced to cancel its upcoming conference in San Diego. Click here to find out why, and get information on other upcoming events. Read more here ... More...

Adult-Film Committee Meets Sept. 14; PEL Feasibility Committee, Oct. 6 Cal/OSHA wants workers in this controversial industry to have protection from bloodborne pathogens, but many in the industry think protections should be voluntary. They'll talk things out this month in Northern California. Click here for details. Read more here ... More...

Fire Prevention, Confined-Space Revisions Get OAL Nod; Effective Soon The Office of Administrative Law gives the final nod to two safety order revisions. Click here to see what they are and when they take effect. Read more here ... More...

Anyway You Slice It, Microtome Process Safe, Standards Board Says A laboratory process to test tissue samples runs afoul of an important safety order, but the employer doesn't see any way around it. How does Cal/OSHA Standards Board see it? Find out how the board ruled on the laboratory's variance request, plus safety-related variances on protective footwear toe caps and tunneling. Read more here ... More...