So far, California has six of the 12 cases of 2019-nCoV – novel coronavirus – in the United States, and health officials here expect more. California’s situation is a little …
A Southern California employer is facing almost $900,000 in Cal/OSHA penalties following the deaths of two employees and the illnesses of three other workers. They developed silicosis from years of …
Cal/OSHA concluded its investigation into the tragic workplace fatality of 18-year-old Enrique Vasquez Garcia several months ago. His employer, Aardvark Clay & Supplies, was cited with $237,000 in proposed penalties. …
A state-mandated economic impact assessment of Cal/OSHA’s proposed revisions to the lead standard concludes that the revisions would cost California industry hundreds of millions of dollars in the first year …
One quarter of adults who wound up in emergency rooms for asthma were there because they were exposed to asthma-inducing substances in the workplace. A pilot study by the California …
Even though the regulatory front was relatively quiet in 2018, it was nonetheless an eventful year for California’s occupational safety and health community. Here’s a look at the top stories …
Two bills affecting safety have been offered in this legislative in this session. One concers ambulance drivers and the other blood lead levels. Here’s the story: Assemblyman Ash Kalra has …
Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed AB 2963, which would have made a blood lead level of 25 micrograms per deciliter an automatic serious violation. The bill was vigorously opposed by employer …