Each year, Cal/OSHA issues thousands of citations. Most smart employers appeal those citations, but a significant number of them lose their appeals on technical grounds. The Cal/OSHA system is intended …
47 COR 40-8277 [¶23,031] REPORTING WORK-CONNECTED INJURIES – REPORTING WORK-CONNECTED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIESCal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 342(a) (2020) – Employer failed to report to the Division a …
47 COR 40-8279 [¶23,032] SAFE PRACTICES AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, MISCELLANEOUS SAFE PRACTICES – CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY FOR CLEANING, REPAIRING, SERVICING, SETTING-UP, AND ADJUSTING OPERATIONS OF PRIME MOVERS, MACHINERY AND …
46 COR 40-8219 [¶22,989R] PENALTIES – SERIOUS VIOLATIONLabor Code § 6432(b)(2) (2019) – The ALJ properly reclassified the violation from serious to general. For the Division to timely “deliver” the …
When is 15 days actually 20 days? When the Division of Occupational Safety and Health mails the contentious 1BY Form to employers notifying that it intends to issue them a …
46 COR 40-8202 [¶22,978] CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES – DUSTS, FUMES, MISTS, VAPORS AND GASES, RESPIRATORY PROTECTION, MEDICAL EVALUATIONCal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5144(e)(1) (2019) – The Division failed …
46 COR 40-8204 [¶22,979] CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES – DUSTS, FUMES, MISTS, VAPORS AND GASES, RESPIRATORY PROTECTION, MEDICAL EVALUATIONCal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 5144(e)(1) (2019) – The Division failed …
43 COR 40-7409 [¶22,594R] APPEAL – LATE FILING Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 6600 (2016) – Employer did not establish good cause for its late appeal, or for its …