Two organizations representing dental assistants say current infection control training is inadequate and could put both them and patients in danger. The group has petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board to …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has authorized an advisory committee to discuss the remaining contentious issues surrounding lifts. It has been more than a year since the Board revised its regulation …
SB 321, by Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D- Los Angeles), is her second attempt to make domestic household service subject to Cal/OSHA regulations. It has received major amendments that remove …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers have settled dozens of more cases in recent weeks. There is a whopping failure-to-abate (FTA) case against a restaurant chain in …
Employers cited by Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health have so far paid less than 50 cents on the dollar for COVID-related Injury and Illness Prevention Program violations in …
Three significant occupational safety and health bills are moving forward in the California legislature. The most significant of them – SB 606 – has been amended again. The bill by …
Four years ago the Cal/OSHA Standards Board rejected a petition to eliminate yearly tuberculosis testing for healthcare employees. Now, the issue is back before the board. Registered dietitian Kevin Schwanz …
There are 14 new reported workplace fatalities. None of them are related to the COVID pandemic. The new incidents include four fatal falls; four cases of harmful exposure, one massive …