The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board approved hundreds of settlements in citation cases in May, including several cases involving fatalities and numerous injury incidents. Here are some of the most significant of those cases. Kashsi Organization: The last of two employers cited in a February 2020 fatality in Redondo Beach, this Rancho Palos Verde company will pay …
There are four new workplace fatalities in California from the first week in June. In Fontana, an equipment operator for H&E Rental Equipment was fatally crushed by an industrial truck he was attempting to load onto a trailer. The company is owned by Herc Rentals, which has an experience modification rating (EMR) of 117 and …
A multimillion-dollar project to automate Cal/OSHA’s information handling capabilities is about to enter its next stage – construction – officials of the Department of Industrial Relations said at the recent Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee meeting. The committee also heard about the Division’s plans for heat illness education and enforcement, its hiring progress, and updates from several …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health conducted 7% fewer inspections in 2024 compared to the previous year and issued 19% fewer citations, according to statistics recently released by the Division. DOSH opened 6,358 inspections in 2024, including accident and fatality investigations, complaints, follow-ups, referrals, and both unplanned and programmed (planned) inspections. In 2023, the …
After more than two years, Cal/OSHA has finally published its Top Most Cited Title 8 Safety Orders list. It has published two – one for 2023 and 2024. See the accompanying charts. The lists are considerably slimmed down, however, including only the top 10 most cited standards. In past years, in fact, for at least …
There have been six new workplace fatalities in California. Three are from falls, two from struck-by incidents, and one is of unknown origin, although it is being described as work-related. The incidents happened in late May and early June. In Baker, San Bernardino County, a haul driver for Hahm International, a trucking company based in …
A Cal/OSHA Standards Board advisory committee formed to examine potential revisions to requirements for “self-propelled” agricultural equipment in Title 8 hasn’t yet created the recommended language. It’s still exploring the issues surrounding an almost 50-year-old regulation that was adopted before the autonomous revolution. It will report its findings to the full Board soon. However, the …
An advisory committee that is calling for more data so that it can decide how best to regulate autonomous vehicles in California agriculture could get valuable information from an experimental variance now under consideration by Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Agtonomy, a South San Francisco company represented on the Cal/OSHA committee, has applied …