The Heat is on Cal/OSHA After Controversial Vote

Questions abound regarding last week’s meeting of – and vote by – the Cal/OSHA Standards Board. Was the Board “blindsided” by a last-minute request to postpone a vote on the indoor heat illness prevention standard by the state Department of Finance (DOF)? Will the Board’s decision to approve the controversial standard without the required fiscal … Read More »

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No Cal/OSHA Regs on Homeless Encampments, but Caution Advised

Homeless people living outdoors in unsanitary conditions could contract and spread contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, typhus, and hepatitis A, but whether sidewalk encampments pose a significant health threat to the public or not is unclear. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration does not appear to have ever discussed regulations to protect the … Read More »

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Norcal Lost its Only BOI Investigator

Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations (BOI) will have no personnel in Northern California following the resignation of Julio Alfaro, a senior investigator who was the lone BOI representative in the north … Read More »

Cal/OSHA’s Publishes Workplace Violence Prevention Model

SB 553, California’s new workplace violence prevention law, becomes effective in just a few months for California’s non-healthcare employers. Cal/OSHA has published a model program to help employers gear up before enforcement on July 1st. Law firms and employer organizations have been scrambling to put out their own versions ahead of the implementation date. Senator … Read More »

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The ‘New Guy’ Meets Cal/OSHA

If you’re reading this, you probably know more about Cal/OSHA than me. That’s awkward since I’m Cal-OSHA Reporter’s new journalist covering Cal/OSHA, and it’s me who is supposed to be telling you what’s going on. If I had a business card, my title probably would be “The New Guy.” That’s how I’ve been introduced in … Read More »

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