Cal/OSHA’s resetting of the fall protection rules for residential construction triggered a huge backlash from that industry. Now the agency is adopting the six-foot rule for other parts of construction. What are stakeholders saying about this proposal?

A worker is killed in a dark loading yard at a West Sacramento UPS facility. Cal/OSHA cited the employer, and what followed was a lengthy legal battle between the company and the agency. Here’s how the case came down in the end.

Cal/OSHA has completed its investigations into fatalities in the waning months of 2024. Here’s what the agency found and the actions it is taking – or not taking.

Here are the latest California fatal workplace incidents.

Here’s how Cal/OSHA fared when the new state budget was sliced, diced, and finalized.

Here are the latest employers to get Cal/OSHA recognition for their efforts to promote workplace safety.

As the state legislature prepares to come back from its summer recess, here are the occupational safety and health bills on the table.

Here are the most significant, interesting, and noteworthy cases from among the Cal/OSHA-employer settlements recently approved by the Appeals Board.

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California.

Some years after Cal/OSHA referred an ethylene oxide exposure case to the Los Angeles County district attorney, that office executed a search warrant at the facility.

It only took 11 years, but Cal/OSHA and Fed-OSHA have finally resolved their issues over diving regulations here. Click here to learn about the changes and the surrounding controversy.

A state audit criticizes Cal/OSHA for several deficiencies. The main culprit? You guessed it – the agency's persistent staffing shortages. Here's what the State Auditor found.

Here are the latest workplace incidents from the first two weeks of July, including a triple fatality in Los Angeles County.

New rules for residential construction on fall protection trigger heights are now in effect. Here’s why the Cal/OSHA Standards Board could not get a one-year delay for the industry, and what happens next on this controversial, Fed-OSHA-mandated change.

Starting July 1st, companies that hire domestic workers such as housekeepers and landscapers, must abide by Cal/OSHA regulations, ending a longstanding exemption. More inspections for landscapers and pool maintenance too. But what are the implications for the homeowners they serve?

A federally mandated regulatory change by Cal/OSHA is designed to ensure PPE fits each worker. It’s focused on women. Can industry timely meet this requirement?

The latest fatal California workplace incidents include a massive explosion at a fireworks ware-house in the Sacramento Valley.

Victor Muniz says cleanup and recovery crews at the sites of the devastating January fires in the Los Angeles area still aren’t following safety protocols. Here’s what Cal/OSHA has to say about the issue.

In an unusual workplace fatality, a nurse at a state hospital in Templeton died from tuberculosis within 11 days of being diagnosed. Does this portend an outbreak, and how big is the TB problem in California?

Cal/OSHA has wrapped up investigations into fatality cases from the latter half of 2024. Here are the results and who got cited.

The controversy surrounding autonomous equipment in agriculture continues as employers and Labor fight it out allegedly over safety. A Cal/OSHA Standards Board advisory committee is seek-ing to find common ground for regulating modern autonomous agricultural equipment. Follow the fight here.

California’s ski resorts have been asking Cal/OSHA to update its regulations on avalanche control and allow the use of newer avalanche control systems that don’t expose workers to danger. So far, the process has been glacial. But are the reforms getting close to official publication?

Here are the latest employers to receive recognition from Cal/OSHA for their effective Injury and Illness Prevention Programs.

Three fatalities and numerous injury incidents: These are the latest cases to be concluded in settlement talks between Cal/OSHA and employers.

Our weekly update on the fatal workplace incidents from around California.

How close is Cal/OSHA to developing the information system that will bring it into the 21st century? Click here to find out, plus other information from the recent Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee meeting.

The latest data from Cal/OSHA shows declines in both the number of inspections conducted last year and the violations cited. Here are the data.

After a long wait, Cal/OSHA has published its “most-cited” lists for the past two years. Which safety orders make the top 10, and what’s missing from these lists? Read the latest in Cal-OSHA Reporter.

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California in late May and early June.

A Cal/OSHA Standards Board committee is looking to revise an almost 50-year-old standard on self-propelled AG equipment in the era of autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence. But the consensus so far is bereft of substance. Read about it here…

A South San Francisco startup retrofits farm and landscaping equipment with automation designed to automate this equipment – and make it safer. Now, it is seeking Cal/OSHA approval for an ex-perimental variance to demonstrate its effectiveness.

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board processes several hundred variance requests per year, most of them related to eleva-tors. Until the agency can reform the underlying rules that make these variances necessary, it wants to streamline the process. Here’s how, and how you can weigh in on the proposal.

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California.

Fontana's Verco Decking provides the decking for many high-rise buildings, hospitals, schools, and shopping centers in California. Safety is its foundation, as it protects workers from many sig-nificant hazards. Here's how the newest company to qualify for Cal/OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program does it.

Cal/OSHA has made some significant changes to its draft standard on workplace violence preven-tion for the general industry. Click here to see the changes, the agency's reasoning, and how you can weigh in on this important topic.