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Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee Announced –– Three Meetings

After several months, the Department of Industrial Relations announced the 2025 schedule for the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee. The committee’s purpose is to “promote and improve occupational health and safety conditions and public safety in California.” Stakeholders provide ideas, information, advice, and assistance to DIR and Cal/OSHA. The committee will meet on May 22nd, August 28th, … Read More »

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Workers’ Memorial Day 2025

Monday, April 28th, is the annual commemoration of Workers’ Memorial Day to “remember and honor the workers who lost their lives on the job,” in the words of the Department of Industrial Relations. Commemorations will be held all over the state. Fortunately, during the past week or so, there were no work-related fatalities in California, … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA’s PPE ‘Horcher’

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has moved quickly to adopt a Fed-OSHA final rule created during the last days of the previous administration. The rule is simple: It requires that personal protective equipment (PPE) is of safe design and construction and properly fits each employee. It is being adopted as a “Horcher” rule, meaning it is … Read More »

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DIR’s Fire Recovery Support

The Department of Industrial Relations says it is giving $6 million to nonprofit community-based organizations in the Los Angeles area, to “educate and assist” workers on health and safety issues during the recovery and rebuilding from the recent devastating wildfires. The grants to 21 community-based organizations (CBOs) in the region are part of the California … Read More »

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DIR’s DOSH Report to Legislature

It’s almost a year late, but the Department of Industrial Relations has submitted its 2023 report to the California Legislature on Cal/OSHA’s activities for that year. Why was it so late? Cal-OSHA Reporter asked DIR the reason, and whether the legislature had granted an extension, but had not received a reply by publication. DIR is … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA Getting ‘Egregious’ Again

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the Department of Industrial Relations will soon release revised draft language to implement new regulations regarding egregious and enterprise-wide violations. A virtual advisory committee will follow that release on March 25th. The committee met in August 2024, and the new draft will reflect changes based on comments … Read More »

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OSH Fund Assessment Changes

The Department of Industrial Relations is sharply decreasing the assessment employers will pay added to workers’ comp premium for the Occupational Safety and Health Fund. That is where much of the Cal/OSHA program funding is. The OSH Fund was established in 2008 to stabilize funding for the program. It is one of several funding mechanisms … Read More »

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The Stories That Were 2024

It seems like only yesterday that we were writing about the top stories of 2023. But that was one fast-moving year ago, and now it’s time to look back at 2024, which flew by and took us with it. It was a consequential year for workplace safety in California, with echoes into the new year. … Read More »

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