Preparing for New Broader Enforcement
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Dramatic Increases in Fed, Cal/OSHA Penalties?
Sneaked into the congressional Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill last weekend – shortly before the Budget Committee approved it – are ten-fold increases in Fed-OSHA penalties for serious, willful, and …
Here’s the Latest Version of Video Hearings Rules
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Status of OSH Bills
Several significant pieces of legislation affecting occupational safety and health are close to passage in California’s statehouse. Here is a status update, including major revisions to three of the bills. …
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Indoor Heat Illness Standard Status
Cal-OSHA Reporter frequently fields contacts by employees through various means to report safety issues. While this publication does not give advice, we do point people in the right direction. In …
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Where’s DOSH’s Online Reporting Portal?
A reader notes that Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) regulation §342(a) states that reports of fatalities or serious injuries “shall be made by the telephone or through a …
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Settlements: Whoppers, Fatalities and Strikeouts
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers have settled dozens of more cases in recent weeks. There is a whopping failure-to-abate (FTA) case against a restaurant chain in …
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A Future for Appeals Board Video Hearings?
The holding of video hearings before the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board has been a creature of necessity during the pandemic. But now it appears the practice could become a permanent practice …
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