As it grapples to get a handle on COVID-19 workplace outbreaks throughout the state, Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is actively recruiting and hiring new inspectors. It hopes …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has a big decision to make soon – whether or not to authorize an emergency temporary standard to protect non-healthcare workers from coronavirus exposure. Its own …
Fed-OSHA’s latest evaluation of the Cal/OSHA program found a few new issues, seemingly minor. But it made very sure to mention the program’s most glaring problem: The raft of vacancies …
Virtually unnoticed in our pandemic-obsessed times were small, but significant changes to Cal/OSHA regulations about reporting fatalities and serious injuries. But when the Division of Occupational Safety and Health recently …
Doug Parker, chief of Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, says the agency has sent out 1BY notices of intent to issue serious citations in 71 cases for violations …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will have plenty to consider when a proposed petition decision comes before it on labor’s request for an emergency standard to protect non-healthcare workers from COVID-19. …
Cal/OSHA quidance says a COVID-19 case is recordable even if there is no positive test to confirm the diagnosis. And that is a big issue. Major Cal/OSHA stakeholders opine the …
The California Senate Rules committee has approved the confirmation of Doug Parker as chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, by a 3-0 vote. Parker was one of …