It has been more than a year after Fed-OSHA recommended that Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health revise its policy on issuing Special Orders. Cal/OSHA has yet to make …
Allegations by a Washington, D.C., group that Cal/OSHA is failing to conduct sufficient high-hazard inspections, doesn’t issue citations promptly and is not responding to worker complaints are based “almost entirely …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration found merit in four out of the five allegations leveled against Cal/OSHA in a 2014 Complaint Against State Program Administration (CASPA). Cal/OSHA management …
Kari Johnson, executive officer of the Cal/OSH Appeals Board since 2012, is leaving the board, effective April 3. She is taking a position as an attorney in the legal department …
Earlier this year, the Public Agency Safety Management Association filed a complaint with Fed-OSHA seeking to force California to change its criteria for reporting worker hospitalizations to match federal requirments. …
Administrative law judges for the Cal/OSH Appeals Board say the board’s executive officer, Kari Johnson, is making “substantial” changes to their appeals decisions and also insisting they change their rulings, …
Frustrated in attempts to force the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to use Fed-OSHA’s serious incident reporting criteria, two organizations representing public agencies have filed a Complaint Against State …
Candice Traeger, former chairwoman of the Cal/OSH Appeals Board and now a former board member, has a message for the occupational safety and health community: Thanks for your patience. Now …