Tagged in: Cal/OSHA

Employer Safety Recognition

Nine employers have earned Cal/OSHA’s recognition for their efforts to promote workplace safety. They include new entrants into the agency’s difficult-to-attain Voluntary Protection Program for Construction (VPP-C), the Cal/SHARP program, and the Golden Gate Partnership Program. Here are the new employers: Suffolk Construction, based in Roxbury, Massachusetts, with an office in San Francisco, is the … Read More »

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More Petitions for Respiratory Standards

New petitions to the Cal/OSHA Standards Board seek engineering controls for a common task in healthcare settings, and for warning signs at construction sites about respiratory protection. The Board has six months to take action on these petitions. A petition from California Nurses for Environmental Health & Justice (CNEH&J) would require the use of fume … Read More »

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How Much Did Employers Pay in Fatality Settlements?

Cal/OSHA’s Appeals Board approved hundreds of settlements in citation cases during January, including eight involving fatalities. Many of these deaths were preventable, and Cal-OSHA Reporter provides the incident summaries for the lessons learned. Others may be the result of the deceased’s own judgment or actions. Here are the case summaries and results. Developer Kenneth Leon, … Read More »

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Employers Cited in Fatality Cases – 2026

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has issued citations in fatality cases initiated in the spring and summer of 2025. One case is in the six-figure penalty range. These incidents were previously reported in Cal-OSHA’s Reporter’s Workplace Fatality Update. Here’s a follow-up on the preliminary outcomes. Ruben’s Pipeline: This Bakersfield-based company faces several serious … Read More »

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Time for Employers to Post 300As

February 1st begins the three-month period during which employers must post their Cal/OSHA Form 300A summaries of workplace injuries and illnesses for 2024. The annual summary must be posted in a visible and easily accessible area at each worksite between February 1st and April 30th. Employers must post the form even if there were no … Read More »

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