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Workplace Fatality Update – Jun 18, 2021
There are 10 new workplace fatalities in recent days, only two of them COVID cases. Those fatalities include employees of: Hotel Del Coronado, the famous San Diego-area hotel; and Superior Grocers in the Los Angeles area. The non-COVID fatalities include two falls. In Santa Clara, an employee of Rivera Remodeling fell off a ladder and …
Masks Off for Vaccinated Employees in California
Masks can come off for vaccinated employees indoors or outdoors. Employers must verify the vaccination status. Physical distancing standards are also eliminated in many situations. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has …
Governor Eyes Executive Order on COVID ETS
Governor Gavin Newsom says he will issue an executive order to deal with a gap in coverage if the Cal/OSHA Standards Board, as expected, adopts new revisions to the COVID …
Cal/OSHA: To Mask or Not to Mask
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has published the latest version of its COVID emergency standard, on which it will vote later this week. The big change: Fully vaccinated employees will not …
COVID Regulations To Get New Revisions
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to pull back from the Office of Administrative Law revisions to the COVID emergency standard (ETS) it adopted on June 3rd. In the meantime, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health will create a new set of revisions – these in line with the recently updated guidelines from the California …
Workplace Fatality Update – Jun 11, 2021
There are five new workplace fatalities – only one new COVID case. The pandemic fatality occurred at El Proyecto Del Barrio, a community healthcare center in the Los Angeles Area. The non-pandemnic fatalities include: An employee of National Technical Systems in Fullerton who died in an explosion at what is believed to be a testing …