Quote of the day
"There's been some great, lively discussion on this board, and I haven't seen that in a while."
Kate Crawford, safety director for Associated General Contractors, lauding the Cal/OSH Standards Board for its work last year.
More on the board's final meeting of 2013 in this week's Cal-OSHA Reporter
Closing the Compaction “Loophole”
After a worker dies in plain view of a trash compactor operator, Cal/OSHA moves to close a regulatory “loophole” that seems to make an unsafe practice legal. Click here to learn about the problem and the Standards Board’s solution.
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Few Fatalities in Waning Days of 2012
Sometimes no news is good news. The last couple of weeks of 2013 and first week of 2014 showed few workplace deaths. Here’s what Cal/OSHA is investigating.
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Employer Settles Hazardous Release Case
After a worker is seriously injured in a Sonoma County explosion, investigators discover two other incidents involving the same process and a lack of required reporting. Here’s how the case came out and what employers should know about their responsibilities.
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Zip Lines, ‘Safety Case’ and PSM Fees
The New Year is starting off with a series of significant safety meetings, beginning with a Cal/OSHA confab to discuss new regulations for zip line operators. Click here to see what’s coming up.
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Cal/OSHA’s Latest Traffic Update
A February public hearing by the Cal/OSH Standards Board seeks your comments on a proposal to include the latest traffic-control standards in Title 8. Here’s what the changes are and how to weigh in.
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Top Cal/OSHA Stories of 2013
From the aftermath of the Chevron conflagration to legislation barring employers from preventing workers from performing CPR, 2013 was a busy year for California’s occupational safety and health community.
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Standards Board’s 2014 Work Plan
More than two dozen rulemaking project are in the Cal/OSHA pipeline this year. Here’s a synopsis of what we could expect in 2014.
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