Cal/OSHA: Options on Respirators
Less than two weeks after assertions by employer representatives about having to shut down outdoor worksites because of the lack of respirators, and with large portions of the state shrouded …
Less than two weeks after assertions by employer representatives about having to shut down outdoor worksites because of the lack of respirators, and with large portions of the state shrouded …
Just three months after citing two Los Angeles city departments over squalid conditions that led to employee illness, Cal/OSHA again issued citations after a city attorney developed typhus. Los Angeles …
The latest fatal workplace incidents under investigation by California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health include falls at two construction sites. Another worker was killed in a tree work incident. …
Despite her announced intention to retire, Division of Occupational Safety and Health Chief Juliann Sum remains on the job, likely until the new governor names a replacement. Already, one longtime …
Cal/OSHA is investigating the first fatal fall of 2019. It happened to an ironworker helping to build the new Amazon Fulfillment Center in Bakersfield. The man has been identified as …
Following two incidents in which workers were either killed or seriously injured working on or around industrial trucks, Cal/OSHA has cited their employers, seeking substantial penalties. The Department of Industrial …
Fewer than 10 worker health and safety bills remain in play as the 2017-2018 legislative session progresses. Two of them have passed their houses of origin and seven others have …
A bill that takes another shot at making Injury and Illness Prevention Programs more readily available to employees – ostensibly to encourage compliance – is seen as overly broad by …