The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has released the “discussion draft” of its potential permanent regulation to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke ahead of an August 27 advisory …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board was scheduled to vote on July 18 on emergency protections for outdoor workers exposed to wildfire smoke. In addition, it has announced its intention to begin …
Agreeing that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good, the Cal/OSH Standards Board unanimously approved emergency protections for workers exposed to wildfire smoke. Like many Cal/OSHA regulations, …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board staff has recommended to the board that it quickly convene an advisory committee that would determine whether emergency rulemaking is needed to protect outdoor workers from …
Saying that wildland fires are a common and virtually year-round experience in present-day California, three organizations representing labor are calling on Cal/OSHA to create an emergency standard to protect outdoor …