Employer representatives are asking Cal/OSHA to temporarily halt enforcement of the respirator requirements of the rule on employee protection from wildfire smoke. They reason the urgent needs of healthcare in …
The three branches of the Cal/OSHA system are operating during the statewide shelter-in-place, but are having to adjust their operations. First and foremost, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health …
California construction has been officially designated as critical infrastructure by Gov. Gavin Newsom. That means it is exempt from the governor’s stay-at-home order to combat the spread of the coronavirus. …
Among the settlements approved by the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board in February are four fatality and numerous injury incidents. Here are some of the most significant cases. JM Equipment Co.: This …
A workplace fatality in Sonoma County County killed one person and seriously injured another. The incident was on private property near Forestville, along the Russian River. The decendant is David …
It is a unique case that has not been addressed by any court so far. Cal/OSHA cited a homeowner after an unlicensed tree trimmer was seriously injured at the property …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has issued a order prohibiting use at Tesoro Refining’s Marathon Carson Refinery in the wake of an explosion that sent flames some 100 …