Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and employers have settled dozens of more cases in recent weeks. There is a whopping failure-to-abate (FTA) case against a restaurant chain in …
Cal/OSHA inspectors acting as part of the multi-agency Labor Enforcement Task Force have issued Orders Prohibiting Use against three San Diego County cabinet makers for exposing their workers to unguarded …
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health announces what it says are “major” enforcement office changes. They include a number of new regional and district managers. Congratulations to all concerned. …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration found merit in four out of the five allegations leveled against Cal/OSHA in a 2014 Complaint Against State Program Administration (CASPA). Cal/OSHA management …
42 COR 40-7201 [¶22,447] INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM (IIPP) – WRITTEN PROGRAM Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1509(a) (2015) – The Division established that Employer did not …
41 COR 40-7121 [¶22,380] EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES – APPROPRIATELY TRAINED PERSON Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 1512(b) (2014) – Employer did not have a trained person qualified to render …
40 COR 40-6901 [¶22,172] WOODWORKING MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT – TABLE SAWS Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4300.1(a) (2013) – The Division did not prove that Employer operated a portable …
Cal/OSHA inspections at Los Angeles-area garment businesses resulted in stop-work orders issued to two employers on Jan. 16 because of alleged serious hazards to workers. As part of inspections by …