The Department of Industrial Relations is sharply decreasing the assessment employers will pay added to workers’ comp premium for the Occupational Safety and Health Fund. That is where much of the Cal/OSHA program funding is. The OSH Fund was established in 2008 to stabilize funding for the program. It is one of several funding mechanisms …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has set its annual increase as required by the federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act. The increases are 3% across the board, like in 2024. The Inflation Adjustment Act became law in 2015, requiring Fed-OSHA and the state plans to increase penalties for regulatory, general, willful, and repeatviolations, …
Cal/OSHA, including the Standards Board and Division of Occupational Safety and Health, has numerous rulemaking projects for 2025. With some of the biggest ones in years already finalized – indoor heat illness, silica, and lead – 2025 could see several other proposals get formally proposed and be on their way to adoption. At least, that’s …
There are four new workplace fatalities. In Oakland, a sales and service representative for Auto-Chlor Systems, a commercial dishwasher supply store, arrived at work in the early hours of New Year’s Eve and was approaching the front door when an assailant gunned him down. A suspect has not yet been identified; police believe Bernstine was …
It seems like only yesterday that we were writing about the top stories of 2023. But that was one fast-moving year ago, and now it’s time to look back at 2024, which flew by and took us with it. It was a consequential year for workplace safety in California, with echoes into the new year. …
Several California employers have recertified under the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) and have received recognition under the Golden Gate Partnership Program for employers found to have an effective Injury and Illness Prevention Program by the Cal/OSHA Consultation Service. The VPP employers include: Aerojet Rocketdyne is in Canoga Park, where propulsion technology is designed and manufactured. …
Workplace fatalities in California dropped 13% in 2023, including or excluding incidents not purely work-related, such as drug overdoses and suicides. The data comes from the latest Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), developed by the research department of Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and reported to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. …
There are 13 new workplace fatalities. Five are struck-bys, and four are from falls. Two are acts of workplace violence. In Eastvale, Riverside County, the owner/operator of Antonio AS Transport was crushed between a tractor and a trailer at a distribution center and died at the scene. In Palmdale, a tow truck driver for A1 …