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Soon Ending: Employers’ Mask Mandates

February 15th marked the end of California’s Covid indoor masking requirement. But employers are not relieved of the Cal/OSHA emergency temporary standards requirements about masking. Until further notice, unvaccinated individuals in the workplace still need to mask up. Governor Gavin Newsom followed the end of the general mask mandate by announcing that the state was … Read More »

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Stakeholders to Cal/OSHA: Move on from COVID Focus

Many critical regulatory projects have languished for years, and Cal/OSHA’s single-minded focus on regulating COVID has pushed them further onto the back burner. Now that covid is becoming endemic, stakeholders tell the agency that it should put real issues back on the front burner and heat them up. “We understand the importance of addressing protections … Read More »

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NIOSH Funding for COVID Research

California’s Public Health Institute will receive almost $160,000 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to promote COVID prevention, safe return-to-work policies, and vaccine confidence in employees. The “extramural” award was part of a $5 million program funding 38 projects around the country addressing challenges related to the pandemic. NIOSH Director Dr. … Read More »

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ETS Will Live on This Year

Thanks to a new executive order by the California governor, Cal/OSHA’s COVID Emergency Temporary Standard will get one more readoption, good until the end of the year. Other states are moving away from COVID restrictions, while some are trying to reinstate them. Standards Board Executive Officer Christina Shupe says the ETS, which went into effect … Read More »

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Reminder Employers: Time to Post Your 300A Summary

It’s almost February, marking the three-month period during which employers must post their Cal/OSHA Form 300A – the summary of workplace injuries and illnesses for 2021. And by March 2nd, employers must electronically post the form to the Fed-OSHA portal. The annual summary, which must be posted in a visible and easily accessible area at … Read More »

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Rulings Two Jurisdictions Two Results

In the space of a day, the U.S. Supreme Court put a halt – perhaps permanently – to the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine-or-testing mandate for large businesses. And California had a very different outcome. The California Court of Appeal affirmed a San Francisco superior court judge and upheld Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency temporary standard. The California … Read More »

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California Vaccine Mandate Extension

While employers anticipate a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court about the administration’s controversial vaccine mandate, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board has put a potential vote on the California version of … Read More »

Workplace Fatality Update – Jan 14, 2022

NOTE: Cal-OSHA Reporter is omitting alleged covid deaths from this section and from its weekly graphics gong forward. There are three new workplace fatalities. They include: The death of a Los Angeles County Fire Department employee who was helping battle a house fire. Firefighter Jonathan Flagler, 47, suffered significant injuries in the fire at the … Read More »

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