Quote of the day
“I believe we have seen a cultural transformation.”
Maria Cortes, VPP Project Manager at San Diego Gas & Electric’s Kearny Transmission and Substation Operations, on the site’s safety journey, which is taking it toward VPP certification.
Read about this inspirational workplace in the latest edition of Cal-OSHA Reporter.
San Diego Gas & Electric’s Kearny operations have always been aware of the need for safety, but an electrocution jolted the facility into action. Here’s how it responded and where it’s leading.
Fatality Investigation Results
Ten workplace fatality investigations from mid-2024 have resulted in citations and potential penalties for employers. Those cases are all about what we can learn from them.
Cal/OSHA Eyes a ‘Truncated’ Timeline for PSM Revisions
An oil industry lawsuit has prompted Cal/OSHA to propose revisions to its process safety management regulation for refineries. Here’s what stakeholders recently had to say about the contentious changes – and what happens next.
When Mark Webb, Cal-OSHA Reporter’s decisions editor and editorialist died after a short illness in 2023, Christina Hamlett his wife, was overwhelmed. Luckily, she had plenty of wisdom from which to draw. She is a playwright and she used her skills to pass her wisdom and experience on in a book to help new widows and widowers.