The Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers involved in workplace fatality cases have come to agreements concerning Cal/OSHA citations. The settlements show that even in the most serious …
Even though the regulatory front was relatively quiet in 2018, it was nonetheless an eventful year for California’s occupational safety and health community. Here’s a look at the top stories …
Three workplace fatality cases charged in criminal courts last year are in various stages of resolution, with some individuals seeing their cases cleared. So far, in these cases, no company …
A father who hoisted his son and a co-worker in a personnel platform by crane, only to see them plunge to their deaths at a Yolo County construction site, has …
The latest report by Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations shows that in 2015 it initiated more than 200 cases, the highest number since 2006 when it opened 234 cases. But the …
A deadly 80-foot plunge by two workers attempting to repair a pile driving rig – just days before California participated in a national safety stand-down on fall prevention – has …
Cal/OSHA is investigating a double fatality that occured in the Sacramento Valley as June began. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health also is probing a workplace death in the …