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.

Here’s the latest on legislation of interest to California’s occupational safety and health community.

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California.

Defense attorneys say that new requirements for prehearing conferences by administrative law judges in Cal/OSHA cases are becoming burdensome. Here’s what the controversy is all about.

Cal/OSHA is moving quickly to adopt federal rules on the design and fit of personal protective equipment in construction. But what realities on the ground make it difficult?

The State of California has a $12 billion deficit. Here's how the governor proposes to affect the Cal/OSHA programs in the coming fiscal year.

Here are some lessons on fall protection from the recent National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction.

A worker is seriously injured performing maintenance on the assembly line at Tesla’s famous Fremont manufacturing facility. Did the company report the injury as required? And why is there no record of Cal/OSHA investigating the incident?

In response to recent legislation, Cal/OSHA published a draft proposal to revise its rules on heat illness prevention. Here are the changes it seeks and how you can weigh in on them.

Employers’ efforts to create effective Injury and Illness Prevention Programs get recognition from Cal/OSHA. Here are the latest Golden Gate honorees.

Here are the outcomes of several significant Cal/OSHA citation cases during recent settlement talks.

Here are the latest workplace fatalities from around California in recent weeks.

Dealing with a mountainside slide hundreds of feet in length and often moving poses grave danger to contractors trying to clear a vital roadway. Here's the solution Caltrans, one contractor, and an equipment manager devised to make it safe and keep the project moving.

Cal/OSHA issues a “clarification” on employer requirements on respiratory protection for abrasive blasting in the lead standard. But why was this necessary?

The heat is almost upon us, and with it, time to prepare to prevent heat illness. Here’s how.

New fall protection rules for residential construction go into effect this July. But that’s not the end of the story: Cal/OSHA will discuss changes to more regulations, as demanded by Fed-OSHA. Here are what they are and how you can weigh in.

The latest workplace deaths in California are all by struck-by incidents, the leading cause of death in 2025.

It’s time for the annual fall protection stand-down week, which focuses on preventing this persistent source of fatalities and injuries in the workplace.

Cal/OSHA cites employers in fatality cases from the second half of 2024, including what could be the first-ever serious violations for a fatality under the indoor heat illness standard.

After months of waiting, DIR finally announces this year’s meetings of the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee. Here’s the schedule.

The Title 8 definition of “serious injury or illness” been changed. So have reporting requirements. Premium subscribers can find all the answers here.

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California.