As the 2019 legislative season concludes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed three bills related to occupational safety and health and vetoed two others. A total of five OSH bills …
A year after conducting the highest number of onsite inspections and citing the most violations in a number of years, Cal/OSHA’s activities leveled off in 2018. According to statistics released …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has decided not to remove so-called “ancillary” provisions of its beryllium regulation. Rather, it will delay their effective date for a year. The …
Fed-OSHA has announced awards of about $10.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants, and eight California organizations will receive grants for the coming fiscal year, totaling about $1,117 million, or …
Last year Cal-OSHA Reporter did a story about a “regulatory slowdown” at Cal/OSHA, with the fewest public hearings before the Standards Board in memory in 2018. That changed in 2019, …
Although it found several areas for improvement, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has many positive things to say about Cal/OSHA in its latest Federal Annual Monitoring and Evaluation …
Want to help Fed-OSHA decide whether or not to revise the federal silica standard? Here’s your chance. OSHA is requesting information and comment on Table 1 of its Respirable Crystalline …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health is moving to readopt its rule on electronic recordkeeping while it is figuring out a permanent regulation. That regulation will be no different …