Tagged in: Cal/OSHA

Engineered Stone Revision Adds New Requirement

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has revised its draft language to implement an emergency ban on the fabrication and manufacture of engineered stone. The Division is accepting comments today on the changes. The emergency regulation would prohibit the manufacture and fabrication of artificial stone slabs or panels containing at least 1% crystalline silica. … Read More »

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Willful Violations Alleged in Tunnel Collapse

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has cited two employers following its investigation into a tunnel collapse in Knights Ferry (Stanislaus County) in April. The collapse at the Canyon Tunnel Project killed geologist Twyla Capurro, 35, and seriously injured another person. The incident happened about 200 feet inside the tunnel. The Canyon Tunnel is … Read More »

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New Elevator Rules

Fourteen years of ups and downs in the quest to update Cal/OSHA’s Elevator Safety Orders have come to an end with the Standards Board’s adoption of the Group V ESO. Once the state Office of Administrative Law approves it and sets an effective date (likely January 1st, 2027), the long-running regulatory effort will make it … Read More »

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Caltrans Gets Ticketing Authority for Speeders in the “Cone Zone”

At the recent Associated General Contractors of California Construction Safety Excellence Awards judging, several major contractors that perform highway work described their main safety challenge over the past year as keeping employees working on California’s roads and highways safe. One is working on a proprietary intrusion alert system. Others have instituted engineering and administrative controls … Read More »

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Petition Seeks Reduction in Wood Dust PEL – a 50% Drop

Biochemistry student Sourish Mukherjee has offered a trifecta in his quest to reduce exposure to wood dust at construction sites. In his latest petition to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board, the University of California, Riverside activist student has asked the Board to lower the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for wood dust by 50%—from 2 milligrams per … Read More »

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Settlements in Cal/OSHA Fatality Cases

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers in several recent fatality cases have reached agreements to resolve them. Here’s how those cases concluded: Cim Group, L.P. Los Angeles: This property management company will pay $36,300 (74%) of the $49.050 proposed by DOSH after investigating a May 2022 fatality in that city. A property … Read More »

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