Cal-OSHA Reporter

Must I Report an Old Injury Repeatedly?

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:12:42 GMT

In this edition of Cal/OSHA Questions and Answers, a reader asks if she must continue to record an injury if the employee is off work in subsequent years. Here's what Cal/OSHA says.

It's Cal/OSHA Form 300A Posting Time

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:06:29 GMT

February starts the three-month period in which employers must post a summary of their injuries and illnesses for the previous year. Here's what you need to know.

Workplace Injuries and Illnesses: A Quarter of a Trillion in Costs

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:58:11 GMT

Workplace injuries and illnesses cost society more than $250 billion a year, a California researcher finds. And workers' comp doesn't begin to cover things, he says.

DOSH Still Looking for Opinions on Its Advisory Committee

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:53:22 GMT

The longtime Cal/OSHA sounding board is down to three meetings a year and some question its effectiveness. Here's how you can sound off about its future.

Three Californians on IH Board

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:47:51 GMT

California is well represented on the national board that certifies industrial hygienists. Here's who they are.

Cal/OSHA Publishes Major Tree- Work Reform Proposal

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:28:17 GMT

A yearly parade of fatalities and injuries in California tree work prompts Cal/OSHA regulatory action. Here's what the agency proposes.

Worker Buried Alive, Dies in Milpitas Hillside Collapse

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:11:47 GMT

Three days after city inspectors order a construction site shut down due to hazardous conditions, a worker is killed at the site when a hill collapses onto him. Now Cal/OSHA is getting into the act. The latest on this and other recent DOSH investigations.

School for IIPP

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:06:19 GMT

School districts have high injury and illness rates, and a cooperative program aims to bring them down. To find out more about this novel approach, read this article.

Cal/OSHA Alleges Serious Violations in San Francisco Roof Collapse

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:53:30 GMT

What caused a concrete pour at a condominium project to go wrong and seriously injure three workers? Here's what Cal/OSHA says.

Union Submits Petition Pushing for "Safe Tucking"

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:49:16 GMT

A union representing thousands of hotel and hospitality workers has submitted a petition for a proposed standard to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board in hopes of picking up where stalled legislation from last year left off. What does the proposed standard do and who has concerns? Click here to find out.