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Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Bill Hits Governor’s Desk; Veto Certain?

The California Legislature has approved a bill that would require Cal/OSH Standards Board to adopt a regulation mandating protection from heat illness for employees in indoor workplaces. But a veto looms large as AB 838 reaches the governor’s desk. It is one of a slew of Democrat-backed occupational safety and health bills that have passed … Read More »

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Former DOSH Official Lee Klein Dies

Natalie “Lee” Klein, whose long career began as a child actress and culminated as manager of Cal/OSHA’s High Hazard Enforcement Unit in Southern California, died Sept. 14 at her home in the San Diego area after battling brain cancer. She was 81. “There’s a huge range of folks who are really sad to see her … Read More »

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DOSH Looking for More Efficiencies

OAKLAND — With a new management team in place, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH)  aims to become more efficient and more effective in its operations. Chris Lee, who recently was named deputy chief for Cal/OSHA Enforcement, told the Sept.10 meeting of the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee that another new member of the management team, … Read More »

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ABCs of the Appeals Board

Cal/OSH Appeals Board plans a series of free workshops in mid-October to educate various parties who come before it on the ins and outs of the appeals process. “Making the Case” is presented Oct. 13-15 up and down the state. Topics include preparing a case, presenting evidence, putting the best evidence first, how to define … Read More »

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Rollaway Truck Kills Driver

A Central Valley truck driver was killed Sept. 1 when he lost control of his vehicle and it ran over him. According to Department of Industrial Relations public information officer Erika Monterroza, the fatal incident involved an employee of Rocha Livestock Transportation, Inc., and occurred at Golden West Nuts in Ripon. As the truck driver … Read More »

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Welsh to Address Ag Seminar, Oct. 5

Division of Occuptional Safety and Health (DOSH) Chief Len Welsh will address the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety on Oct. 5 in Davis. The DOSH chief will speak on, “Occupational Safety and Health in California Agriculture: A Regulatory Perspective.” The Division has focused on agriculture in its efforts to enforce the California heat … Read More »

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Coalition of the Enforcers

SAN FRANCISCO — When investigators from California’s Economic and Employment Enforcement (EEEC) Coalition come to visit a worksite, it usually means bad news for the employer. So why would a bunch of employers want to show up to hear a three-hour spiel by the organization that conducts enforcement sweeps up and down the state, handing … Read More »

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Howard Gets New NIOSH Stint

After the Bush administration replaced Dr. John Howard as director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in 2008, and Barack Obama subsequently was elected president, rumors swirled in California occupational safety and health circles that the former Cal/OSHA chief was a top candidate to be appointed Fed-OSHA administrator. That didn’t happen. … Read More »

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