Is exempting crane operators from a hands-on examination to recertify a good idea? Here’s what the Cal/OSHA Standards Board proposes and how it intends to prevent unintended consequences.

A workplace violence prevention standard for California employers has been in the works for years. Here’s Cal/OSHA’s latest draft, with a legislative deadline looming.

Here are the California organizations to receive 2026 Fed-OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grants.

A petition to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board seeks to reduce the permissible exposure limit for wood dust by 50%. Here’s why.

Here are the latest settlements between Cal/OSHA and employers in workplace fatality cases.

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

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has rejected lawsuit-inspired revisions to the process safety management regulation for refineries. But what happens next – normal regulatory work or continued litigation?

California’s governor signs a new bill to protect outside workers along California’s southern border. Plus, what’s the fate of the bill to reform Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations?

Refinery safety has been a topic of discussion for Cal/OSHA, but chemical safety also has been in the news. Could the Standards Board apply the stricter regulations for oil facilities to other facilities?

Here are the workplace fatalities reported during August from around California.

Cal/OSHA has published draft language for a temporary ban on fabricating engineered stone in the countertop industry. Here’s the language and how you can weigh in on this momentous decision.

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is looking for suggestions on how to improve its operations. Here’s how to participate in roundtable meetings at both ends of the state.

California has had a healthcare violence prevention standard since 2016. Now it is poised to adopt new changes that buttress those requirements with mandated weapons detection systems. Click here to see the proposed revisions and weigh in.

Cal/OSHA has released its list of industries that could be targeted for programmed inspections, based on their DART rates. Click here to see who is in and who is out on the High Hazard List for the coming year.

After a 20-year effort, Cal/OSHA has finally adopted revisions to its first-aid-kit requirements. When will the changes take effect? Plus, a crucial vote on PSM. The latest in Cal-OSHA Reporter.

Here are the latest employers – and employees – to earn recognition for their safety efforts through Cal/OSHA’s Golden Gate Recognition Program.

Cal/OSHA is proposing changes to its wildfire smoke standard. Here’s what they entail, and how to join the discussion.

Cal/OSHA not only has a regulatory backlog. It is also far behind in updating its consensus standard references. Here’s what Helen Cleary, one of the best and brightest stakeholders, recommends to end the logjam.

A horrific 2023 incident at a California biofuels facility led to regulatory reform about what constitutes a “refinery.” Here are the latest changes to Cal/OSHA's process safety management regulations.

Here are the latest California workplace fatalities.

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. What are your reflections on this somber remembrance?

The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board continues to refine its rules to make them more effective and efficient. Here are the latest changes proposed by the quasi-judicial body.

The California construction safety community loses a longtime bright light with the death of Kathleen Crawford.

Two bills of interest to California’s occupational safety and health community have made it to the governor’s desk. Here’s what they are and what they would do.

Is it time for high-tech solutions to a common problem: Workers on foot who encounter machinery such as industrial trucks? One stakeholder says yes, and here’s what he proposes to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board.

Cal/OSHA says current respiratory requirements for construction sites are sufficient; a student petitioner says they are not. Here’s what the petitioner says should be required, in his second go-round with the Cal/OSHA Standards Board.

Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California.

Cal/OSHA’s chief counsel is moving on, as is a longtime elevator authority. Here are the latest moves at the Divi-sion of Occupational Safety and Health and the Standards Board.

Cal/OSHA has revised several of its policies and procedures in response to a critical state audit, and inspectors are using the new rules. But why hasn’t the regulated public been able to see them?

Cal/OSHA has released the results of a number of fatality cases from late last year and earlier this year. Here’s what the Division concluded about these incidents and the actions it’s taking. There are some safety lessons here.

Cal/OSHA inspections remained steady for the first half of 2026 compared to the previous year, but violations cited dropped across the board. Was it an anomaly or another reason?

Despite misgivings, the construction industry has accepted Cal/OSHA’s final version of reforms on construction personnel hoists. Here’s what the misgivings were all about and how the final product came out.

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has a full complement of seven members as two new representatives take their seats on the rulemaking body.

Employers who create effective Injury and Illness Prevention Programs can get recognition from Cal/OSHA Consultation. Here are the latest Golden Gate Recognition Program employers.

Was a major near-miss at a chemical plant in Garden Grove last May a wake-up call for the Cal/OSHA community? That’s what the agency intends to find out, with possible reform to the regulation that covers such facilities.