After a marathon meeting, Cal/OSHA's rulemaking body authorizes emergency action to create a ban on the engineered stone material that is making countertop fabrication workers sick – and kill-ing many. Here's what happens next.

Two incidents – one in California, the other in Washington – underscore the importance of process safety management at chemical plants. Here's what happened.

It has been about 10 years since Fed-OSHA adopted its “walking/working surfaces” revisions to enhance fall protection in every day work situations. Here’s Cal/OSHA’s latest iteration.

In another instance of using the new Labor Code authority to cite in workplace violence cases, Cal/OSHA alleges violations following a murder at an East Bay college.

To ban or not to ban – that is the question before the Cal/OSHA Standards Board on the topic of engineered stone containing respirable crystalline silica. Here's how the rulemaking body has come down on the issue.

April showers lead to May flowers, and May leads to the annual state budget revision. Here's how Cal/OSHA fared compared to the governor's January proposal.

Four OSH-related bills advance in the California legislature. Click here to see what's happening with these bills.

A distribution hub at a former Sacramento-area Air Force base is the newest member of Cal/OSHA's prestigious Voluntary Protection Program. Here's what Hydra McClellen does, and how it does it safely.

Stakeholders say the latest draft of Cal/OSHA's general industry workplace violence standard is much improved from last year's version. But how close are we to an official version? Here's the latest on this important Cal/OSHA rulemaking project.

An almost 50-year-old standard on lawn equipment needs a little trimming, a trade group says. Here's what it has in mind.

Among the hundreds of settlements between Cal/OSHA and California employers are several cas-es involving fatalities. Here's what these tragic incidents were about and how they were resolved through the settlement process.

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

Now that the saga is close to coming to an end. Here's the latest from the Standards Board, and how you can weigh in.

Cal/OSHA recognizes employers' efforts to promote workplace safety and health. Here are the latest employers to qualify for well-deserved recognition.

This week has seen the annual Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. Here's the message one residential contractor gave to a project crew to underscore the safety message.

A long-running safety case involving a pinch point and crushing injuries gets its day in the Court of Appeals. Here's how the court ruled.

It's been more than 10 years since Cal/OSHA was poised to update its Elevator Safety Orders. That plan was delayed, then published recently, but delayed again. Here's why and how soon the update could resurface.

Cal/OSHA's Bureau of Investigations is in the midst of a rebuilding project. Here's the next phase it seeks to fund.

After a lengthy delay due to a personnel shortage, Cal/OSHA's Bureau of Investigations has published its 2024 report. Here's an update on cases that were referred and decided during that year.

Here are the latest workplace incidents from around California.

To ban or not to ban the fabrication of engineered stone in California? That is the question before the Cal/OSHA Standards Board. It will have to decide soon. Here's what's at stake.

The six-foot rule in California residential construction is now in place and being enforced by Cal/OSHA. But employers’ concerns about certain aspects of this work remain, and the agency will consider alternatives at a stakeholders meeting. Here are the whys and wherefores.

These employers in recent fatality cases have settled with Cal/OSHA. Here’s how the cases concluded.

A massive explosion in July 2025 killed seven workers. Now, Yolo County has indicted seven individuals for murder and other charges in this important case.

Five California employers have qualified for Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program, and thirteen more for Golden Gate safety recognition programs. Here are the latest VPP and Golden Gate recipients.

The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board overturned an ALJ's decision that absolved a general contractor based on "due diligence" in an injury case. But then the employer pointed out that the Board missed some important information. Here's what happened next.

Cal/OSHA has cited several employers in fatality cases from the latter half of 2025. Here are the cases and the agency's citations.

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California.

Ag employers need skilled labor to meet future needs, and farmworkers need opportunities to enhance their futures. Here's where a Central Valley college is working to bridge that gap.

After a more-than-six-year hiatus, Cal/OSHA’s committee to recommend changes to the airborne contaminants’ permissible exposure limits will be back in action later this month. Here’s what to expect and how to get involved.

Polluted water from Mexico plagues San Diego beaches and environs. It is clearly a hazard to the public, but are more regulations needed to address employee safety? Is it a workplace hazard? One San Diego County legislator thinks so, and here’s what she proposes to do about it.

An autonomous tractor company at the heart of an important experimental variance has gone out of business. What does that mean for the growers seeking greater use of self-driving equipment?

Date palm growers have, for almost two decades, been using safety procedures via the Cal/OSHA variance process. Now it’s time to make them formal, they say. Here are the issues.

A California legislator explains why she authored a bill that would take much of the investigative responsibility away from Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations.

Ahead of an expedited hearing on allegedly unabated hazards, Cal/OSHA says it needs more time to investigate a tragic police operation, even though it has already issued citations. Here’s what the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board says in response.