Tagged in: BOI

Ortega: Bill Aimed at “Alleviating” BOI’s Workload

AB 2321, Assemblyman Liz Ortega’s bill that would require local prosecutors to investigate fatality and total permanent disability cases, instead of Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations, is intended to “alleviate” BOI of some of its workload, the legislator says. Ortega, chair of the Assembly Labor and Employment committee, is a fierce critic of Cal/OSHA enforcement and … Read More »

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Bill Would Hand BOI Powers Over to D.A.s

At last August’s legislative hearing on the results of a critical audit of Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Assemblyman Liz Ortega (D-Hayward) expressed special ire over the performance of the Bureau of Investigations (BOI). “When do you decide to hold an employer accountable,” following a workplace fatality, she asked DOSH Chief Debra Lee, … Read More »

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The BOI Report: Years Late

Considerably more than a year late, the Department of Industrial Relations has provided the results of the 2023 Cal/OSHA Bureau of Investigations report to the state legislature. The 2024 report, also late, has still not yet been provided; such reports are normally publicly available in December of the year following the period covered. Cal/OSHA has … Read More »

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Esparto Fireworks Investigation

The State Fire Marshal says his agency has completed its investigation into the deadly July 1st, 2025, explosion at Yolo County fireworks warehouse that killed seven workers. Chief Daniel Berlant, who heads the Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM), which oversees Cal Fire, says its report is now headed to the Yolo County District … Read More »

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BOI’s Sudden Transformation

Cal/OSHA’s beleaguered Bureau of Investigation has gone from having only two investigators in Southern California and none in the north in 2023 to having a new chief investigator and eight new investigators, all since July of this year. Moreover, the Division has reimagined how the bureau should operate, moving investigators from central hubs such as … Read More »

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Norcal Lost its Only BOI Investigator

Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations (BOI) will have no personnel in Northern California following the resignation of Julio Alfaro, a senior investigator who was the lone BOI representative in the north … Read More »

Appeals Board Seeks Tweaks

Those in the Cal/OSHA community who’ve been around a long time remember the bad old days when the Appeals Board had a considerable backlog. It was in the early 2000s and took years and considerable effort to clear. Beginning with the successful effort to clear the cases, the Board has taken on a “customer service” … Read More »

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