A Stockton-area distribution driver has petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board for a regulatory solution to a safety problem. He believes he has had little traction in solving it through his workplace chain of command. Matthew Cross was injured eight years ago when a loose handle separated from a material handling cart he was moving from …
Thanks to a new executive order by the California governor, Cal/OSHA’s COVID Emergency Temporary Standard will get one more readoption, good until the end of the year. Other states are moving away from COVID restrictions, while some are trying to reinstate them. Standards Board Executive Officer Christina Shupe says the ETS, which went into effect …
It’s almost February, marking the three-month period during which employers must post their Cal/OSHA Form 300A – the summary of workplace injuries and illnesses for 2021. And by March 2nd, employers must electronically post the form to the Fed-OSHA portal. The annual summary, which must be posted in a visible and easily accessible area at …
In just a few days (February 1st), California employers must post their annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses for 2021. Part of that summary will include the number of cases involving injuries or illnesses with days away from work, job restriction, or transfer. That data plus hours worked develops what is commonly known as …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board says it acknowledges some dental operations lack the required knowledge of the bloodborne pathogens standard or have failed to implement exposure control. But it denied a petition from associations representing dental assistants to add specific training requirements to the BBP standard. The Board determined the proposal was out of its jurisdiction. …
There are five new workplace fatalities under investigation, all from undetermined causes. In Costa Mesa, an employee of Chevron ExtraMile was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead. In La Palma, an employee of Godfrey Trucking was found unresponsive inside a truck. In Five Points, near Fresno, an employee of Simplot AB Retail Sub collapsed and …