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.

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.

Was it just bad luck or bad safety planning? Cal/OSHA says the latter, as it cites a backcountry guide company following the deaths of three employees and six clients in a Sierra Nevada avalanche in February 2026. The company disagrees.

Even the best safety programs need refreshing from time to time. Here’s how one construction company recognized it needed help, who it hired, and how that effort paid off with savings of $3M.

2022’s AB 2243 calls for Cal/OSHA to make changes to the heat illness and wildfire smoke standards. Here’s what the Division of Occupational Safety and Health is proposing and how it affects employers.

Here’s how three bills affecting California occupational safety and health are progressing in the state legislature.

Cal/OSHA has been given the green light to ban the fabrication and installation of engineered stone, as a silicosis crisis continues to strike workers in the countertop industry. But how far should the ban go, and how ready is the industry to switch to alternative products, as Australia already has?

An agricultural chemical plant in Hanford has a myriad of hazards. Here’s how it addresses them and why Tessendero Kerley Hanford is the newest Cal-VPP Star site.

An Eastern Sierra ski resort faces willful and serious violation allegations from Cal/OSHA after a ski patroller's death late last year. Here’s what the agency says went wrong in this major case, but will the facts disprove the allegation?

Here’s how some significant Cal/OSHA cases were resolved in settlement talks with the agency and employers.

Two more fatal incidents underscore the importance of trench safety and protecting workers in the “cone zone.”

Cal/OSHA is edging closer to its official proposal on workplace violence prevention in general industry. Here’s the latest draft and how you can weigh in on it.

Three employers are cited after a fatal fall at a Los Angeles residential roofing job earlier this year. Here’s what Cal/OSHA alleges in this tragic case.

A construction company petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board in 2020 to clarify the rules for bracing rebar columns. At last, regulatory draft language has surfaced. Here’s what the issue is all about, why the Board proposes, and how you can weigh in on it.

A fall protection trainer is petitioning the Cal/OSHA Standards Board, saying it’s about time that Type II safety helmets are a requirement, not just a recommendation. Here’s what a Type II is and how it’s different from a hard hat.

A Cal/OSHA project to prevent fatal gate incidents is moving toward a regulatory proposal, as a committee works to refine draft language. Some gates are in; some are out. Here’s the latest in that effort.

California’s Governor proposed cuts to Cal/OSHA in his early-year budget. Here’s how the agency ultimately fared in the budget process that is now signed into law.

Does Cal/OSHA need to define who is a “competent person” for the purposes of conducting workplace air monitoring? That’s what the California Industrial Hygiene Council seeks, and what an advisory committee will deliberate.

If an employee working in an elevated bucket or platform is exposed to a fire, how would they be protected? That’s what a Midwest lineman is asking in requesting the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to take action.

Shea Homes’ Serenity project in Livermore presented different challenges than the single-family homes it also builds. Here’s how the company addressed unique hazards and qualified for Cal/OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program for construction.

These employers have received awards and recognition for their effective Injury and Illness Prevention Programs from the Cal/OSHA Consultation Service. Click here to see the latest members of the Golden Gate Partnership Pro-gram.

Here is how some major safety cases were resolved during settlement talks between Cal/OSHA and employers.

Here are the dozens of California workplace fatalities from June.