Tagged in: Cal/OSHA

Fatalities Prompt Cal/OSHA Citations

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 … Read More »

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Will Fall Protection Get Tweaked?

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. … Read More »

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Confined Space Citations June 5, 2026

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 … Read More »

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Appeals Board Primer

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 … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA Sheilds Most Cited for 2025

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 … Read More »

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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 … Read More »

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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 … Read More »

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