San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman has denied injunctions against Cal/OSHA’s COVID-19 standard in two cases. Schulman held that the plaintiffs are not likely to win their cases on …
There are two more bills pending in the legislature safety and health professionals need to be aware of. One involving PPE and one – believe it or don’t – involving …
An oil industry trade group is suing Cal/OSHA to force changes to the Process Safety Management regulation. But it also is petitioning the Standards Board for revisions. What gives? On …
The U.S. Department of Labor is taking the United States Postal Service to court after it fired an employee in what the department says was safety retaliation. Officials at a …
It has been almost 30 years since Cynthia Volpe, a Bakersfield environmental health code enforcement officer, was murdered, along with her husband and mother, by a landowner whose building she …
A new law passed by Long Beach voters in 2018 usurps Cal/OSHA’s recently enacted hotel housekeeper’s standard and deprives employers in the city of due process, according to a lawsuit …
Even though the regulatory front was relatively quiet in 2018, it was nonetheless an eventful year for California’s occupational safety and health community. Here’s a look at the top stories …
Admitting that it erred when implementing its final rule on electronic reporting of injury and illnesses data, Fed-OSHA is now telling employers in state plan states, including California, that they …