It’s not even officially summer and the heat season has already roared through the Golden State with record-breaking temperatures. Northern California has been especially hard hit, but a cooling fog …
Transportation incidents and falls are two of the most common sources of workplace fatalities, as a continuous stream of incidents illustrates. An exclusive examination by Cal-OSHA Reporter of dozens of …
The recent, devastating fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is an example of every safety manager’s nightmare. A renovation project went horribly wrong, and setting aside the possibility …
Giant construction firm Tutor-Perini, Inc., has agreed to pay $70,000 in penalties in a case Cal/OSHA brought against it after a complaint. The problem, according to Cal/OSHA, was the lack …
SB 1. which would prohibit California environmental and safety standards from falling below baselines from 2016, and which would allow private citizens to enforce state standards under specific circumstances, has …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health is seeking more than $52,000 in penalties against Hanwha L&C USA. The proposed fines are in connection to a 2018 incident in which …
A Napa Valley wine winemaker faces almost $38,000 in potential Cal/OSHA penalties following a fatality in its vineyard during the 2018 harvest. Leon Marcelo, 49, a 24-year employee of De …
Most employers appeal their Cal/OSHA penalties, and in a large majority of those cases see their penalties reduced during settlement, sometimes dramatically. Here are some of the results in significant …