The Cal/OSH Standards Board has a new member. It also loses one. Governor Jerry Brown has appointed Nola Kennedy, 56, an industrial hygienist and professor at California State University, Northridge …
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed Barbara J. Burgel, an occupational health nurse and consultant, to the Cal/OSH Standards Board. She will likely fill the vacant occupational health representative position, but …
Citing concerns over the feasibility and the cost of implementing a proposed 400% decrease in the permissible exposure limit for wood dust and western red cedar, the chair of the …
A coalition of construction employers pleaded with the Cal/OSH Standards Board to delay the adoption of new rules protecting workers from silica, at least for their industry. At the least, …
NOTE: Cal/OSHA Reporter has received complaints from subscribers saying we should not cover this adult subject, and that’s its outside our safety purview. We couldn’t agree more, and think Cal/OSHA …
SACRAMENTO – A hearing about California’s latest first-in-the-nation safety standard attracted nearly 150 people. The regulation is aimed at preventing violence against healthcare workers. Nurses and other healthcare workers applauded …
PASADENA – The Cal/OSH Standards Board is down to five members – and only one with an active term – with the resignation of management representative Bill Jackson, who made …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board currently has only one member out of 6 positions with an active term – public member Patty Quinlan. She was appointed in 2013 and her term …