Quote of the day
“While I completely support the prosecution of these cases, I’m furious about this letter.”
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer about a letter from the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to seven district attorneys seeking their help in cracking down on engineered stone-cutting shops not adhering to Cal/OSHA’s silica standard.
Get the full story in this week’s Cal-OSHA Reporter.
Standards Board Seeks D.A.s’ Intervention
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is looking for a force multiplier in the war against silicosis. But a recent letter to seven district attorneys has drawn the ire of at least one such prosecutor. Here’s why.
New Safety-Related Legislation
It’s early in the legislative season, but two bills of interest to California’s occupational safety and health community have surfaced. Here’s what they are and what they would do.
Commentary: Naïve Legislators Interference
Read the Commentary by publisher J Dale Debber about why and naïve legislators AB 2488 should be killed.
MRIs are an important piece of medical technology, but these powerful machines have been shown to pose hazards to the personnel who administer them. A new petition to Cal/OSHA aims to provide a lifeline in emergencies.
Here are the highlights from the latest batch of Cal/OSHA settlements involving employer fatalities.