Quote of the day
“Employers are already required to take steps to protect workers from workplace hazards, and this bill strengthens those protections by providing specific guidelines for what employers must do to protect workers from acts or threats of violence at work.”
Governor Gavin Newsom in signing SB 553, which will require most employers to create workplace violence prevention plans starting next year. Click here to see what the new law requires and when it takes effect.
Safety Legislation: One Down, One Up
The California governor signs a key piece of safety legislation affecting most employers, but vetoes one that would have made many households across the state “employers,” subject to Cal/OSHA regulations. Click here to see which got thumbs up and thumbs down.
Feds Join Cal/OSHA on Silica in Engineered Stone
Cal/OSHA has a special emphasis program on silica exposure in the countertop industry. Now Fed-OSHA is instituting a program of its own.
When Cal/OSHA cites an employer, they usually appeal and most of the time the cases are settled. Here’s how several fatality cases were resolved in talks between the agency and employers.
The latest fatal incidents from around California include two struck-bys, a fall and an act of violence.