FLASH REPORTS
Flash: Legislators Hold Cal/OSHA’s Feet to the Fire
Leaders of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health got a four-hour grilling by state legislators in the wake of a critical state audit. The fire is still hot. Click here to read about it…
Flash: DIR Director Hagen Resigns
DIR’s Director is leaving, and you may be a surprised to learn where she’s going and what she’ll be doing. Click here for the whole story.
Flash: NIOSH Outcry Sparks Changes
“Moving fast and breaking things” can lead to mistakes. Now NIOSH is getting some of its people and programs back after recent cuts that have been described as “decimation.”
Flash: Willful-Serious Violations Alleged in Heat Illness Case
Parkwood Landscape Maintenance, a Southern California landscaping company, is in hot water with Cal/OSHA over alleged heat illness violations, which the agency says is a first-of-its-kind case.
Flash: Cal/OSHA’s New Stance on Autonomous Vehicles
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has long required driverless tractors to have an operator stationed in the vehicles. Now it says it is rescinding its opposition. Here’s why and what it envisions for possible regulatory reform.
Flash: Do Residential Fall Changes Satisfy Stakeholders?
Cal/OSHA has published revisions to its controversial residential fall protection proposal. And there is a notice out for comments. Will they be able to address construction’s concerns and keep the Feds happy?
Flash: Indoor Heat Rule Done
After a controversial and failed vote in March, Cal/OSHA’s Standards Board adopts a revised indoor heat illness rule. Will this one pass muster with OAL?
Flash: Putsch at Cal/OSHA Standards Board
The Governor's Putsch at the Cal/OSHA Standards Board leaves its Chairman demoted and one member off the Board.
Flash: Cal/OSHA Names New Chief
Cal/OSHA has a new Chief. Find out who here right here.
Legal or Illegal Nobody Knows Yet…
Flash: Unprecedented Action & Removed Activists re Indoor Heat Reg
It was a day of gigantic surprises for the Cal/OSHA Standards Board with the indoor heat illness regulation on, then off, then back on the docket.