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Conference Season Starts Soon

California’s occupational safety and health conference season starts next month and continues into into spring and beyond. Following are conferences scheduled for the next few months. AGSAFE AT 20: California’s premier agricultural safety organization hosts its 20th anniversary conference and exhibition, Feb. 22-25 at Hyatt Regency Montery. Keynote speakers for the conference are Dr. John Howard, … Read More »

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Bill to Help Mental Hospital Staff

In response to high-profile attacks against staff at California correctional and mental health facilities, Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) has introduced a bill that would strengthen existing hospital safety and security plans, including improved standards at correctional facilities. AB 30 would require that the Correctional Standards Authority develop standards for safety and security plans designed to protect … Read More »

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Supreme Help for Doctors?

The quest to limit the often arduous working hours for resident doctors might have gotten a boost from an unlikely source – the U.S. Supreme Court – which recently ruled that they must be considered employees and not students when they work full time. Cal/OSH Standards Board is considering a petition by the mother of … Read More »

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It’s Almost That Time Again

With little more than a week to go before the beginning of February, it’s time to get ready for the three-month period during which employers must post their summaries of work-related injuries and illnesses for the previous year. From Feb. 1 through April 30, employers are required to post Cal/OSHA Form 300A in a conspicuous place.  Form … Read More »

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RAND Study: IIPP Compliance Depends on Cal/OSHA Inspections

OAKLAND — The Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) is perennially the most cited Cal/OSHA standard. But a Rand Corp. study on the ineffectiveness of the regulation could spur the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) to look into more workplaces for signs of this mandatory safety program. As the IIPP standard turns 20, … Read More »

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Labor Veteran to Head LWDA

Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Marty Morgenstern, 76, as the next secretary of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA). Morgenstern has a long association with Brown. He served as director of the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations and director of the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) during Brown’s first two terms. He later served … Read More »

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Faces Both Fresh and Familiar on Assembly L&E Committee

After successfully leading the charge on AB 2774, one of the most comprehensive occupational safety and health bills in the past decade, Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland) will resume his duties as chair of the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. But new members will also be joining the fold, including four newly elected legislators—two Republicans and two … Read More »

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“Maximum Load” Changes Approved

By a majority vote following a public hearing, the following revisions to a Title 8 safety order have been adopted by Cal/OSH Standards Board. They have been approved by the office of Administrative Law and now are in the California Code of Regulations. MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LOAD: Revisions to Construction Safety Orders §1709 were heard at … Read More »

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