The three-month period during which employers must post their Cal/OSHA Form 300A summaries of workplace injuries and illnesses for 2022 begins next week. The annual summary must be posted in …
This week, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board held a public hearing on the non-emergency version of the COVID regulation, General Industry Safety Orders §3205. The hearing and regulation come now post-pandemic …
California’s Office of Administrative Law has approved Cal/OSHA’s consolidation of standards for cranes and derricks in construction. The surgical replacement of regulations from the Construction Safety Orders to the General …
48 COR 40-8442 [¶23,124] JURISDICTION — EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP Labor Code § 2750.5 (2021) – The cited individual had at least one employee. As such, the Division had jurisdiction to cite …
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 …
The author of the bill mandating the long-stalled indoor heat standard is furious that a fiscal impact review is holding it up. She wants to exempt Cal/OSHA regulations from the …
Ken Middleton, senior safety specialist for the County of Sacramento, forwards the following question of a somewhat philosophical nature regarding standards and regulations. Here’s what he asks: “Whether referencing the …