Two fatality cases brought against employers by Cal/OSHA have come to a close, both in resulted in settlements. One settled after criminal charges were finalized. The case against Good View …
Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations is opening more fatality and other serious cases than ever. But it is referring the fewest ever to prosecuting authorities. BOI has suffered from a chronic …
A Southern California employer faces more than $115,000 in potential Cal/OSHA penalties in a July 2019 Encino trench fatality. Included in the citations are two alleged willful violations. An employee …
46 COR 40-8211 [¶22,983] REPORTING WORK-CONNECTED INJURIES – REPORTING WORK-CONNECTED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIESCal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 342(a) (2019) – Application of the Division’s factors for good faith …
The latest fatality cases show how easy it is for employers to face large penalties. The lesson: pay attention to your safety processes and procedures and don’t leave things to …
A Napa Valley wine winemaker faces almost $38,000 in potential Cal/OSHA penalties following a fatality in its vineyard during the 2018 harvest. Leon Marcelo, 49, a 24-year employee of De …
The latest fatality report from the Division of Occupational Safety and Health includes three incidents in which workers were killed by falls. The other incidents include a drowning, a death …
44 COR 40-7806 [¶22,668] INJURY AND ILLNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM (IIPP) – WRITTEN IIPP Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 3203(a) (2017) – Employer failed to establish that it had a …