A reader notes that Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) regulation §342(a) states that reports of fatalities or serious injuries “shall be made by the telephone or through a …
Four occupational safety and health bills have advanced from their houses of origin in the California Legislature, two in the Senate and two from the Assembly. The most prominent (or …
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 …