Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has come under withering criticism recently, including its struggles to rebuild and even maintain its enforcement staff, the decline of the Bureau of Investigations, and last year’s state audit that questioned the overall program. DOSH is responding to these challenges, it says, with revamped policies and procedures, a …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health conducted 8% more total investigations in 2025 compared to 2024, including 16% more onsite inspections, according to statistics released by the Division. Cal/OSHA Deputy Chief for Enforcement David Wesley notes that for the first quarter of 2026, inspections were on track to match those of the same quarter …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has taken action against more than 20 employers following investigations into 2025 fatalities. The most high-profile case among the latest citations involves the University of California, San Francisco, and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in a December stabbing incident at the hospital. A mentally ill patient at one …
The six-foot fall protection trigger for residential construction is a fait accompli and is now in place throughout California. But industry advocates who fought long and hard, but unsuccessfully, to retain longstanding rules are still fighting to prevent what they see as the promulgation of unsafe practices forced by the scrapping of the previous rules. …
Cal/OSHA cited two employers in connection with the September 2025 death of a worker who passed out while working in a confined space at a Sacramento Costco gas station. Ashkan Moghaddam, 37, an employee of Ponder Environmental Services, based in Shafter, was working to clean a gasoline holding tank at Costco in preparation for replacing …
The Cal/OSHA Appeals Board is hosting two informational seminars to educate stakeholders on the appeals process. “The information presented will focus primarily on what to expect when appearing before an Administrative Law Judge for calendared events during the appeal process,” says Beth Reiken, the Board’s executive secretary. Topics include a general overview of the Board …
Cal/OSHA has published the 2025 version of its truncated list of the most-cited Title 8 safety orders. The new list includes the usual suspects of most-cited safety orders. The operative word is truncated. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has apparently taken it upon itself to stop publishing the full list, which used to …