There has been another preventable fatal fall. The week’s latest workplace fatalities also include two incidents for now classified as “unknown.” The fall was in Newman where tree trimmer Comelio …
It likely won’t be until 2020 that the regulated public sees Cal/OSHA’s proposal to revise the Elevator Safety Orders. But the behind-the-scenes battle between the Division of Occupational Safety and …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health is expected to unveil its long-awaited revisions to the Elevator Safety Orders in the near future. And it is not without controversy. Even …
Giant construction firm Tutor-Perini, Inc., has agreed to pay $70,000 in penalties in a case Cal/OSHA brought against it after a complaint. The problem, according to Cal/OSHA, was the lack …
Most employers appeal their Cal/OSHA penalties, and in a large majority of those cases see their penalties reduced during settlement, sometimes dramatically. Here are some of the results in significant …
46 COR 40-8153 [¶22,938R] APPEAL – LATE FILING Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, §§ 6600, 6601 (2019) – Employer failed to establish good cause for its late appeal. Digest of …
Cal/OSHA’s challenge is to promote fair and effective enforcement of the state’s safety regulations while maintaining the respect of both labor and of the industries it regulates. Nobody embodies that …
46 COR 40-8126 [¶22,915] GENERAL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND STRUCTURES ORDERS – INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM (IIPP), IDENTIFY PERSON(S) WITH AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTING Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, …