Another emergency regulation promulgated by Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health requires hospitals to define what is considered “normal consumption” of respirators and other personal protective equipment (PPE) in …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has published the latest version of its COVID emergency standard, on which it will vote later this week. The big change: Fully vaccinated employees will not …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to pull back from the Office of Administrative Law revisions to the COVID emergency standard (ETS) it adopted on June 3rd. In the meantime, the …
The California Office of Administrative Law has approved Title 8 revisions that officially recognize technical diving in California. It takes effect on October 1st. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board adopted the …
In another twist in the now surreal Cal/OSHA-COVID regulatory drama, the Standards Board has called a special meeting for June 9th to discuss potential new rules. The Board also released …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board rejected revisions to the COVID emergency temporary standard, based on myriad concerns, then reversed course and approved the controversial revisions. The reason: Voting down the proposal …
Here is the initial take on the revisions to Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency temporary standard, at least from employer representatives: The changes contain some good stuff and some troubling stuff. And …