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 …
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 …
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 …
Following the November 2025 murder of a beloved college football coach at the hands of an allegedly mentally ill former student, Cal/OSHA has cited the Peralta Community College District for workplace violence Labor Code violations. John Beam, the athletic director at Laney College in Oakland, was shot to death, allegedly by former student Cedric Irving, …