Quote of the day
“I have seen a shift to employers being responsible for things that are covered by other areas of the law.”
Steve Johnson, safety director for Associated Roofing Contractors of the Bay Area Counties, on a Cal/OSHA proposal to mandate post-incident trauma counseling as part of its general industry workplace violence prevention standard.
Get the full story on this important topic in the latest Cal-OSHA Reporter.
Employers Against Cal/OSHA WPV Trauma Counseling Mandate
Cal/OSHA proposes requiring trauma counseling as part of its impending general industry workplace violence standard. Here’s why labor advocates say it’s a good idea and employer reps say it’s not.
Plumbers in Trench Collapse Had No Trench Permits
A scary excavation incident in San Mateo brought two Bay Area plumbers Cal/OSHA citations and proposed penalties totaling $500,000. According to Contelligence.com, neither has an active trench permit. Here’s what happened and what Cal/OSHA says the employers failed to do leading up to the incident.
Chemical accidents have been subject to national reporting rules since 2020. Here’s the first report on the incidents and their causes, courtesy of around the country—including one California accident. There are lessons to be learned.
Agreements Settle Fatality Cases
Nine fatalities were among the hundreds of settlements of Cal/OSHA citation cases. Here is how those cases were resolved.
Here are the latest fatal workplace incidents from around California from recent weeks.