The director of the Department of Industrial Relations has appointed a new Acting Chief of Cal/OSHA. She is Danielle “Dan”Lucido. Lucido, 43, is the new Cal/OSHA Chief Counsel but she has been on the job for barely six months. Lucido (known informally as“Dan”)“has an occupational safety and health background,”says Brandon Hart, DOSH program manager for …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published its emergency temporary standard. It mandates employers with at least 100 employees to “develop, implement and enforce” a COVID-19 vaccine policy. …
Today, the entire workplace safety community in California is looking to the East, as though a puff of white smoke not associated with a wildfire will signal that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its draft Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The gazing comes against the backdrop of California readying to renew …
Earlier this week, the United States Senate confirmed Doug Parker as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health – the Fed-OSHA administrator. He leaves his post as Cal/OSHA chief just a couple of years after taking over the position. Governor Gavin Newsom’s search for a new Cal/OSHA Chief may or may not …
The nomination of Cal/OSHA Chief Doug Parker to take over as Assistant Secretary of Labor, aka, Fed-OSHA chief could come to a vote this week. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer ended debate on Parker’s nomination, paving the way for a vote. Parker was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee in …
Fed-OSHA has threatened to revoke “final approval” of three state plans over their refusal to adopt emergency temporary standards on COVID for healthcare. In response, Arizona says it is working on a standard, but not on an emergency basis. The other two states, South Carolina and Utah, decried the move. Earlier this year, Fed-OSHA adopted …
After nearly 40-years with Cal/OSHA, the past 20-plus as the Standards Board’s Principal Engineer, Michael Manieri is calling it a career. He will officially retire from the board on November 23rd. His personal history is closely intertwined with the history of Cal-OSHA. “The principal engineer is a very typical middle-management position,” Manieri tells Cal-OSHA Reporter. …