The California Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries has been released after a two-month delay. Here’s what the latest tally reveals.

A Cal/OSHA Standards Board member is stepping away from the rulemaking body. Here’s why, and what happens next for the rulemaking body.

Little mistakes can have huge consequences in the energy business. Here are the results of two investigations into significant incidents at California refineries in recent years, along with the lessons we can learn from them.

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

State-plan states such as California are required to adopt federal rules, and Cal/OSHA is rushing one through. It is the federal "walkaround" rule that allows people outside the target company to accompany inspectors to workplaces. But could it all be for naught? Here's why that could happen.

More California employers received recognition for their safety efforts. Here are the latest companies enrolled in Cal/OSHA programs.

A tragic incident early in her safety career left a lasting impression on Melvina Stacey. Now she is Associated General Contractors’ Safety Professional of the Year. Learn how her remarkable story helps her get great safety results.

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board appears close to publishing a regulatory proposal to enhance gate safety. It affects nearly every California industry. Is it regulatory overreach? Here’s what the latest language looks like, and what could happen next.

Respiratory protection is the focus of two new petitions to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board. One comes from a third-year college student. What’s behind them? Find out in this week’s Cal-OSHA Reporter.

Here are the results of settlements in recent occupational fatalities. What lessons were learned from the incidents, and how were the fines managed?

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California from the latter half of January.

Cal/OSHA’s rules for erecting construction personnel hoists are poised to undergo more changes with a recent move by the Standards Board. Read about these revisions, the reasons behind them, and how you can weigh in, in this week’s Cal-OSHA Reporter.

Here is an update in the the massive pyrotechnics blast in Yolo County last July, the State Fire Marshal has completed its report for action by local prosecutors. Here’s what we know so far.

Christopher Ross didn't start his career in safety, but he is now State Compensation Insurance Fund's Senior Vice President of Safety and Loss Prevention. Here's how he and his team work to promote safer workplaces.

Cal/OSHA's Division of Occupational Safety and Health has taken action following investigations into workplace fatalities that occurred in the spring and summer of 2025. Here are the results of those investigations.

The former longtime chair of the Cal/OSHA Standards Board is retiring, both from the Board and his union.

We’re about to begin the three-month period in which employers must post their workplace injury and illness summaries. Here are the details on what is required – and the additional requirements for some California employers.

The Construction Employers’ Association has honored more than a dozen companies with its President’s Awards, the first of a two-part award slate.

Do the Cal/OSHA standards for construction personnel hoists need a lift to the latest national consensus standards? An April advisory committee will make that determination. Here are the issues and how you can get involved.

After a lengthy delay, the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses is out. Here’s how California and the nation as a whole fared in 2024.

While an occupational medical group has called on Cal/OSHA to ban the fabrication of engineered stone, an industry association is pleading for a calmer approach. Here's what the organization has in mind.

It's been a long and winding road to get updated Cal/OSHA requirements for first-aid kits, but the finish line appears in sight. What potholes are still out there on the regulatory highway?

Cal/OSHA says its proposed revisions to the PSM standard for refineries are about clarity, cleaning up ambiguities, and heading off federal preemption. Labor representatives say it's a matter of control. Here's what the community had to say at a recent public hearing.

Here are the latest workplace fatalities from around California.

In the latest twist in the fight between California and federal transportation officials, the state is facing the loss of more than $158 million in funding over an extended deadline. Here’s the deal.

More employers with effective Injury and Illness Prevention Programs get recognition for their efforts from the Cal/OSHA Consultation Service.

From safety heroes to stalwart programs, here are United Contractors' recent honorees for safety excellence.

The governor’s budget, as it relates to Cal/OSHA, would see a slight decrease from the final ver-sion for the current fiscal year. But several special requests could significantly boost it. And now there is the potential for its substantial federal funding to be cut off.

Occupational health advocates say California should go the Down Under way and ban engineered stone. But industry representatives here say that’s not necessary. Here’s what they think the state should do instead.

Are protections for healthcare workers from surgical plume finally close to being published by Cal/OSHA? And what should the rules contain? An advisory committee will hash out a draft proposal later this month. Here’s what it would require.

Here’s a look back at the occupational safety and health stories from the pages of Cal-OSHA Reporter that shaped 2025 – and will have an impact on 2026.

Here are the California workplace fatalities that closed out 2025.

Two years after Cal/OSHA adopted revisions to its silica standard to help protect workers in the engineered stone fabrication industry, the organization that started the process is petitioning for a ban on fabricating the hazardous substance. Here’s why the group says the time is right to take this step.

More employers get recognition from Cal/OSHA for their efforts to promote safe workplaces. Here are the latest companies to qualify for the agency’s various partnership programs.

While investigators continue to probe a massive blast in Yolo County that took the lives of seven fireworks employees, Cal/OSHA has cited the company involved. Other investigations continue.