Among the hundreds of settlements between Cal/OSHA and employers approved by the Appeals Board in June are several cases involving fatalities and other serious incidents. Here are some of the most significant cases. ER Plumbing and Construction: This Oakland employer has withdrawn its appeal of four serious and four general violations and $54,185 in penalties …
After a one-year absence for most of the regulated community, Fed-OSHA is again making Susan Harwood Training Grants available. The grants for this year amount to almost $13 million. California has traditionally received between 10% and 15% of the total, but over the past two cycles, that share has dropped to 7%. The grants support …
The GEO Group is a private company doing business in California as Golden State Annex and owns some 95 prisons and mental health facilities worldwide. In California, it is contracted to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency detainees, mostly illegal aliens. A settlement between the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board and GEO affirms a decision after reconsideration …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has published revisions to its version of the so-called “walkaround” rule on who can accompany inspectors on workplace visits. Comments on the changes …
The California Court of Appeals has, for the most part, turned back an attempt by Uber Technologies to prevent Cal/OSHA from obtaining documents related to the death of an Uber Eats driver who fell to his death at a residence in 2023. The Second Appellate District ruled against Uber’s contention that since DOSH cited the …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has come under withering criticism recently, including its struggles to rebuild and even maintain its enforcement staff, the decline of the Bureau of Investigations, and last year’s state audit that questioned the overall program. DOSH is responding to these challenges, it says, with revamped policies and procedures, a …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health conducted 8% more total investigations in 2025 compared to 2024, including 16% more onsite inspections, according to statistics released by the Division. Cal/OSHA Deputy Chief for Enforcement David Wesley notes that for the first quarter of 2026, inspections were on track to match those of the same quarter …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has taken action against more than 20 employers following investigations into 2025 fatalities. The most high-profile case among the latest citations involves the University of California, San Francisco, and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in a December stabbing incident at the hospital. A mentally ill patient at one …