The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has authorized an advisory committee to discuss the remaining contentious issues surrounding lifts. It has been more than a year since the Board revised its regulation …
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 …
Employers cited by Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health have so far paid less than 50 cents on the dollar for COVID-related Injury and Illness Prevention Program violations in …
Three significant occupational safety and health bills are moving forward in the California legislature. The most significant of them – SB 606 – has been amended again. The bill by …
There are 14 new reported workplace fatalities. None of them are related to the COVID pandemic. The new incidents include four fatal falls; four cases of harmful exposure, one massive …
A Cal/OSHA Standards Board subcommittee will start discussions on further revisions to the COVID Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) – even a repeal – and it will be a public process. …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has denied a special interest petition from a manufacturer seeking to require specific lighting for portable restrooms used in agriculture. The Indiana-based company produces solar-powered restroom …
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 …