There are two new workplace fatalities under investigation in recent days. They include a struck-by at a California port, and an act of violence against a furniture store employee. The struck by was at the Port of Long Beach, where 64-year-old Chulaih Ang was struck by a vehicle near a container terminal. It is not …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board staff has published a second notice of proposed modifications to its update on firefighters’ personal protective equipment. It is taking comments on the change until January 20th. The long-awaited rulemaking package could be before the full Board as soon as its February 17th meeting. The package provides what firefighters say is …
While employers anticipate a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court about the administration’s controversial vaccine mandate, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board has put a potential vote on the California version of …
California agriculture has had a long row to hoe to make greater use of driverless tractors in the past two-and-a-half decades. But the industry may have taken a big step to make that a reality with the granting of an experimental variance by Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. And a new petition before …
NOTE: Cal-OSHA Reporter is omitting alleged covid deaths from this section and from its weekly graphics gong forward. There are three new workplace fatalities. They include: The death of a Los Angeles County Fire Department employee who was helping battle a house fire. Firefighter Jonathan Flagler, 47, suffered significant injuries in the fire at the …
As the worldwide pandemic begins to become endemic, Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency temporary standard was readopted in December 2021 and becomes effective on January 14th, 2022. But what happens in April when it expires – for the last time – is controversial and open to debate. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health says it would …
California employers find a changed landscape for 2021. Two bills signed last year are effective and require key industries to pay close attention to safety programs. SB 606 and AB 701 are the two most significant pieces of legislation from 2021. SB 606 is the most far-reaching – and potentially scary – new law. The …
Lawsuits, injunctions, variants, and regulatory turmoil. It seemed like a COVID year in 2021, or did it just seem like it because of the general media coverage? The rapidly evolving virus dominated the news and kept occupational safety and health professionals scrambling. Or was it Cal/OSHA that kept them scrambling? There were other significant developments …