Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is moving quickly to make changes to its controversial COVID standard. All of this against a backdrop of lawsuits from employers’ groups and …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously passed an emergency COVID regulation. Many of the provisions of the standard may conflict with existing law, including workers’ compensation laws, FEHA, and HIPAA, say …
Two organizations that successfully petitioned the Cal/OSHA Standards Board for quick action on construction personnel hoist (CPH) staging have come back to the board for another battle on other CPH …
As Cal/OSHA heads to a self-imposed November deadline to vote on an emergency rule for COVID compliance, employer groups are pressing the agency to release the draft standard publicly. Some …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has denied Pamela Pierre’s request for regulatory action on mold exposure from water-damaged buildings. But the decision wasn’t a total loss for the Northern California woman. …
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 …
Have you heard this one before? Cal/OSHA rulemaking proposals that have been hanging fire for years may finally be close to becoming formal proposals. They include revisions of the rules …
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 …