Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has a new enforcement region tasked with improving safety and health in one of California’s most hazardous industries—agriculture. But says Eddie Miranda, manager of Region VIII, known as the Agricultural Enforcement Task Force Unit (AETFU), enforcement is just part of the new unit’s mission. “One thing I always …
The long and winding road to resolving the decades-long issue of how and when autonomous vehicles and equipment can be used in California agriculture gets a kick-start on March 26th. That’s when the Cal/OSHA Standards Board will convene an advisory committee to discuss autonomous tractors. Cal/OSHA says the meeting will be virtual to allow for …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the Department of Industrial Relations will soon release revised draft language to implement new regulations regarding egregious and enterprise-wide violations. A virtual advisory committee will follow that release on March 25th. The committee met in August 2024, and the new draft will reflect changes based on comments …
There are four new California workplace fatalities, three of them from struck-by incidents. In Desert Center, a semi-truck driver for Swift was killed in a vehicle incident on Interstate 10. The driver died at the scene. The employer has an EMR of 77. In Mira Loma, a roofer for L&M Roof Removal was crushed between …
Cal/OSHA considered its obligation to consider Title 8 revisions to fulfill a 2023 bill the author believes will attract women to the construction trades. That legislation by Assemblyman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) requires the Board to consider changes to Construction Safety Orders §1526 to require all construction sites to have at least one single-user toilet for …