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Standards Board Okays Silica Emergency Temporary Standard

Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and Standards Board has approved beginning work on an emergency temporary standard to protect engineered stone fabrication industry employees from silica exposure. Work is set to begin in the next few weeks. The ETS will be followed by permanent changes to Cal/OSHA’s current silica standard, General Industry Safety … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA Will Have Silica ETS

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board, overruling its staff recommendation, has approved promulgating a controversial emergency temporary standard. The standard requires the fabricated stone industry to protect employees from silica exposure.   … Read More »

Normal Consumption ETS

As expected, Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is readopting its emergency standard on “normal consumption” of personal protective equipment in hospitals. The rule is based on AB 2537, a 2020 law mandating that hospitals have what it deems as an adequate supply of surgical masks, powered air-purifying respirators, elastomeric respirators, isolation gowns, eye … Read More »

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California Extends COVID Rules

To the surprise of no one, and despite employer groups’ vocal opposition, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board approved the final version of the state’s COVID emergency temporary standard. The Board vote … Read More »

Standards Board – In Person Again

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will hold its first in-person meeting since early 2020 on April 21st in Oakland, Cal-OSHA Reporter has confirmed. The meeting will be significant, as the board is expected to vote on the final extension of the COVID emergency temporary standard. Governor Gavin Newsom has not renewed an executive order mandating that … Read More »

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New ETS Language Posted

With only two weeks left before an April 21st vote on the final version of Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency temporary standard, the Standards Board has published the language the board will … Read More »

ETS to Become Permanent?

Against the backdrop of the pandemic becoming endemic, mask requirements terminated in most states and businesses, and a public who has had just about enough, Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health is finalizing language for the final version of its COVID emergency temporary standard. The Standards Board is expected to pass on it on … Read More »

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Masking in the Workplace is Over!

Unvaccinated employees in California are no longer are required to wear masks in indoor work settings. Governor Gavin Newsom, in advance of this year’s midterms, has joined his fellow blue state governors and suspended the requirement. Most red states dropped the mask requirements long ago. The executive order, issued on February 28th, is effective immediately, … Read More »

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