Quote of the day
“Whenever a victim has suffered a traumatic head or neck injury, brain and spinal cord damage should always be assumed.”
California’s Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program, on one of the mistakes made in a preventable 2022 fatality.
Get the complete story in this week’s Cal-OSHA Reporter.
More Lead Changes – Anything Big?
Cal/OSHA is edging closer to finalizing its ambitious and controversial revisions to the lead standards. But does the latest version contain any game-changers. Click here to find out, and how you can weigh in.
Here are the winners of this year’s Construction Safety Excellence Awards by the Associated General Contractors of California.
Lessons from an Avoidable Fatality
A part-time employee at a home improvement center is killed when a pallet of cased water falls on him. How could this fatality have been avoided? Here’s what the FACE program suggests.
Construction Bathroom Bill Signed
The last remaining occupational safety and health bill on the governor’s desk gets his signature. Here’s what AB 521 requires.
California workplaces suffered seven fatalities in recent days. Here is what we know so far about these incidents.