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Decades Old Elevator Revise Finally Published

Before the recent Cal/OSHA Standards Board meeting in Santa Rosa, Cal-OSHA Reporter asked a stakeholder about what could come next on the rulemaking calendar. Many projects have been delayed by recent events – postponements and pandemics. What about the Group V Elevator Safety Orders, which could dislodge the mind-numbing monthly necessity of granting variances for … Read More »

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BOI Seeks Bigger Staff

A California Senate budget subcommittee held the first hearing on a budget change request that would significantly increase the number of investigators in Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations (BOI). While the Senate subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation did not vote on the BCP, its members appear receptive to the idea. The Department … Read More »

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BOI’s 2024 Report

Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations has published its 2024 annual report, bringing the Bureau up to date on public release of its legislatively mandated annual reports. The report is over a year late. More reporting is due. The 2025 report was to have been submitted by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to the Department … Read More »

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Workplace Fatality Update – May 1, 2026

There are three more California workplace fatalities, all in the Central Valley. In Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, Twyla Capurro, 35, a geologist for the design firm of Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, was killed in a rockfall inside a tunnel at the Canyon Tunnel Project. A second person in the tunnel escaped with minor to … Read More »

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Big Decision Looming

The six-month clock is ticking down on the Cal/OSHA Standards Board. Time is running out, as the Board approaches its decision on whether to ban the fabrication of engineered stone in California. The rulemaking body is getting pressure from all sides. Attorneys appeared at the recent Board meeting in Santa Rosa on behalf of clients … Read More »

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Residential Fall Protection Talks

The six-foot fall protection trigger is firmly in place for California’s residential construction. But industry advocates have one more shot at getting what they see as better alternatives for framing work. The Housing Contractors of California (HCA), California Framing Association, Residential Contractors Association, and Western States Regional Council of Carpenters petitioned the Standards Board last … Read More »

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Fatality Settlements Approved 2026

Here are some of the most significant cases from the hundreds of settlements approved by the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board in March. Five Crowns, Inc., of Brawley, has agreed to pay $31,160 (56%) of a proposed $55,200 in an April 2025 fatality at Gloriann Farms in the same city. An employee was struck and killed by … Read More »

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