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DOSH Personnel File “Cease and Desist” Letter with Appeals Board

In an open letter to the Cal/OSH Appeals Board, 47 representatives of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) — including eight district managers — have demanded that the board “cease and desist” from practices they say undermine their ability to protect workers. The DOSH personnel decry the board’s practice of scheduling several hearings … Read More »

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First Look at Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Heat Illness Revisions

An emergency rulemaking proposal on heat illness released today by the Cal/OSH Standards Board gives regulatory force to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s enforcement stance on when shade should be up and available for workers, adds new requirements when temperatures reach 95 Fahrenheit and strengthens training provisions of California’s landmark heat illness prevention … Read More »

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DOSH Proposing New Heat Illness Requirements

The June 18 meeting of the Cal/OSH Standards Board in Oakland will include an emergency proposal on heat illness prevention that seeks to bring “more specificity and enforceability” to General Industry Safety Orders §3395.  The proposed amendments will, according to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR):  Clarify the provisions on when and how to provide … Read More »

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DOSH Will Have New Enforcement Deputy

The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) announces that Gov. Schwarzenegger has appointed Chris Lee, a former Fed-OSHA official, as Deputy Chief for Cal/OSHA Enforcement, replacing Vicky Heza, who has served in the post throughout this decade. Division of Occupational Safety and Health Chief Len Welsh tells Cal-OSHA Reporter that Heza will remain in … Read More »

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Standards Board has Second Labor Member

Gov. Schwarzenegger has appointed Guy Prescott, safety director for Operating Engineers Local 3, as the second labor member on the Cal/OSH Standards Board. Prescott, 54, replaces former member Steve Rank, who recently resigned the board after being appointed to the board of directors for State Compensation Insurance Fund. The Standards Board now has all of … Read More »

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Worker Advocates Hail Car Wash Settlement

The CLEAN Car Wash Campaign, which spearheaded a safety and health campaign against two Los Angeles car washes that lead to citations for serious violations against the owners by Cal/OSHA, is hailing a settlement agreement reached today in the cases. Vermont Car Wash and Hollywood Car Wash, owned by Benny and Nissan Pirian, agreed to … Read More »

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More Farm Labor Contractors Shut Down

During enforcement sweeps in the Coachella Valley and San Diego County this week, California’s Economic and Employment Enforcement Coalition (EEEC), which includes Cal/OSHA, shut down five farm labor contractors (FLCs) for heat illness prevention violations that the coalition said put workers in serious danger. Four FLCs were given an Order to Prohibit Use (OPU) in … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA Adopts Landmark Communicable Disease Protections

SAN DIEGO — In a move universally supported by stakeholders in a packed meeting this morning, the Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted two first-in-the-nation standards to protect workers in health care and an array of other workplace settings from diseases that can be spread by coughing and sneezing, and from animals. The board voted 6-0 to … Read More »

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