Fed-OSHA Emergency Response Proposal
The Feds controversial proposal to replace the Fire Brigades standard with one covering emergency response.
Blog Archives
Cal/OSHA’s Latest Workplace Violence Regulatory Draft
The July 2024 draft incorporates requirements of SB 553 and Cal/OSHA proposals from pre-553 drafts.
Enterprise-Wide and Egregious Violations Proposal
The Department of Industrial Relations has set an Aug. 19 advisory meeting on this new Cal/OSHA penalty program.
Standards Board’s Second 15-Day Notice on Residential Construction Fall Protection
Here are the changes to the Cal/OSHA proposal to lower the trigger height to six feet for this construction sector.
Cal/OSHA Adopts Fed-OSHA’s Respirator Fit-Testing Protocol
This “Horcher” rulemaking adoption will be effective as soon as the state Office of Administrative Law approves it.
Correctional Facility Exemptions to Indoor Heat Illness Standard
Comments on these changes are due to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board by May 30.
Proposed Modifications to Residential Construction Fall Protection Proposal
Comments are due to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board by April 22, 2024.
Walking/Working Surfaces Committee to Meet Again
Cal/OSHA committee on fall protection update to meet in Santa Ana on March 5 and 6.