Electronic Summary Version

Oct 10, 2025

Quote of the day

“One thing I learned about gates in this process is that there are thousands and thousands in California. Whatever approach is used must take into consideration the magnitude of the task.”
Safety consultant Dave Smith, on Cal/OSHA’s efforts to prevent sometimes fatal gate incidents with regulatory reform.
Read the latest version of draft changes, and how the community is reacting to them, in this week’s Cal-OSHA Reporter

 

A Gate Too Far?

Workplace gates have seen a number of fatal injuries over the years from toppling. But does a Cal/OSHA proposal cause more problems than it solves?

 

Keeling Confirmed to OSHA

Now confirmed are the new leaders of Fed-OSHA and MSHA. Here are the new guys.

 

Cal/OSHA’s Identity Question

What exactly is Cal/OSHA? Here’s what most people have always thought, and what the Department of Industrial Relations now says it is.

 

How Effective is Heat Illness Standard?

California led the nation with the first heat illness prevention standard in 2005. But has it actually resulted in fewer cases of heat illness? Here’s what a national study found.

 

Follow-up on Trucking Story

Here’s what California’s Department of Motor Vehicles says about the recent rules from the federal government concerning California’s issuance of commercial driver’s licenses to individuals whose basic English is in question.

 

Workplace Fatality Update

Here are the latest fatal incidents from California workplaces.