Changes are coming to Cal/OSHA’s Process Safety Management regulation, eight years after it received major revisions in the wake of the Chevron Richmond fire. Here’s what is being proposed and why, and what happens next.

Did Cal/OSHA “SOAR” in achieving its strategic plan? Here’s what the Division of Occupational Safety and Health has reported to Fed-OSHA.

Some eight years after nurses filed a petition, Cal/OSHA is reviving a regulatory draft on protections from surgical plume. Here's what the latest draft says and how you can weigh in on it.

The latest fatal workplace incidents include a confined space death in Sacramento.

Following a critical state audit of the Cal/OSHA program, the state legislature held a marathon session to hold officials accountable. Here's how they responded, and what happens next.

Occupational safety and health bills are in the home stretch as the California legislative season enters its last month. Here are the three bills that have progressed this far and their current status.

Here are the latest fatal California workplace incidents under investigation from recent weeks.

Cal/OSHA penalties are the highest in the nation. Not so fast when certain factors are taken into account. However, state laws and upcoming regulations could change that for at least some types of violations.

Despite Cal/OSHA’s regulatory and enforcement efforts, silicosis in the engineered stone industry remains a persistent problem that can persist for years. So what are the next steps? Here’s what officials say about the situation.

Settlements are the lifeblood of the Cal/OSHA appeals system, but defense attorneys say a de facto policy by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health could "cripple" the system. Here's what it's all about, and what Cal/OSHA has to say about it.

Here is how several injury incidents from recent years have been concluded, along with the amount employers will pay, in the Cal/OSHA settlement process.

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California.

Click here to see what Fed-OSHA -- Cal/OSHA’s parent organization -- thinks about the state plan’s performance during the past fiscal year.

Safety success! Twelve more employers receive Cal/OSHA recognition for their efforts to craft effective safety programs. Here are the latest Golden Gate Partnership Program recipients.

A bill in the state legislature seeks to, for the first time, create a workers’ comp presumption for private sector employers. Here’s why the state Department of Finance opposes AB 1336.

Valley fever is rising in California. Here’s how employers can protect employees from this fungal threat.

As a Cal/OSHA committee deliberates on better regulating autonomous equipment in Agriculture, the technology continues to advance. Here’s the status of regulatory thinking, and a demonstration of how one such high-tech tractor works.

Two employees are killed at a Southern California meat processing plant by a gas leak. Now, the county district attorney has secured a conviction in the case, and a Cal/OSHA enforcement action is up next.

A 10-year quest to fully separate Cal/OSHA construction regulations for confined spaces from general industry rules was thought to be nearly complete in February. But now there is one more clean-up to the clean-up. Here's why and how you can weigh in on it.

From fatalities to serious injuries, these employers faced significant citations from Cal/OSHA. Here’s what happened when these cases went to settlement talks.

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?