Quote of the day
"This advocacy is better directed to the Legislature to act, or to the Standards Board."
California Court of Appeals Justice Richard Aldrich, in ruling that courts can't force Cal/OSHA to amend its heat illness standard.
Note to our subscribers: Cal-OSHA Reporter News Digest will take its annual holiday break starting Monday, Dec. 19, 2011, and resume daily publication Jan. 2, 2012.
California PEL Process: Too Slow or a Significant Achievement?
Many in the occupational safety and health community think California’s process for revising permissible exposure limits is too slow. Others say it shows progress not found in other states or Fed-OSHA. But how to make it better? Here’s what DOSH and stakeholders have to say.
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STEL Restored
All things being equal, Standards Board agrees that a short-term exposure limit on a caustic chemical should not be deleted from a permissible exposure limit proposal. Here’s why.
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Elevator Malfunction, Bad Decision Lead to Death
A state worker gets stuck in an elevator and makes a fatal decision. Here’s what Cal/OSHA knows so far about this and other workplace fatalities.
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Baker’s Rise
Acting DIR chief gets full-time nod by governor’s office. Plus, a longtime Appeals Board ALJ joins a well-known OSH law firm.
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Court: Can’t Second-Guess Cal/OSHA
A key ruling tells worker advocates they’ll have to go elsewhere to seek changes to an important safety regulation. What is the regulation and what are the issues? Click here to find out.
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Top Cal/OSHA Stories of 2011
From adult film to diesel retrofits, it’s been another busy year for Cal/OSHA. Here are the top stories of the year, from the pages of Cal-OSHA Reporter.
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