Emergency Rulemaking on Silica Ban
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Cal/OSHA Investigating Scary Garden Grove Incident
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has begun its investigation into the near failure of a pressurized tank containing a highly flammable liquid used to manufacture plastics at Garden Grove facility. DOSH’s investigation began as the incident unfolded. The Department of Industrial Relations confirmed that the investigation is underway, but did not provide any …
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New Walking/Working Surfaces Draft
The long-running effort to adopt federal changes on so-called walking/working surfaces has new draft language. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board is seeking stakeholder comments on the revisions by mid-June. In 2016, Fed-OSHA adopted changes intended to prevent falls from common working surfaces. The Board has held several advisory committees over the years. It is still unclear …
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Cal/OSHA Citations in Laney Murder
Following the November 2025 murder of a beloved college football coach at the hands of an allegedly mentally ill former student, Cal/OSHA has cited the Peralta Community College District for workplace violence Labor Code violations. John Beam, the athletic director at Laney College in Oakland, was shot to death, allegedly by former student Cedric Irving, …
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Cal/OSHA’s Tentative Steps on Engineered Stone Ban
Those hoping the Cal/OSHA Standards Board would act urgently on rulemaking to ban the fabrication and installation of engineered stone in the Golden State were poised to be disappointed by the Board’s decision on the petition, announced on May 15. It was voted on yesterday in Los Angeles. But instead of what critics described as …
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May Revise: Dollars for Data
The May revise, the state legislature’s response to the governor’s January state budget proposal, contains no changes to the Cal/OSHA program itself but provides additional funding for the agency’s quest to create a modern data system, both internally and for the regulated public. Where exactly that project, which was initiated in 2002, stands at this …
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New Workplace Violence Revisions
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health revised its draft regulation on general industry workplace violence prevention. The Division is accepting comments on its latest iteration of General Industry Safety Orders §3343 until June 1st. What happens next is the question. For the time being, DOSH is enforcing workplace violence prevention requirements through the California …
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Group Seeks Mower Update
A national trade organization for outdoor power equipment has petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to update its standard on power lawn mowers. The regulation, General Industry Safety Orders §3563, was first adopted in 1978 and has been amended three times, the last in 2010. The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), based in Alexandria, Virginia, seeks …
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