While acknowledging “productive” meetings with Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health on addressing concerns over the indoor heat illness proposal, employer representatives, especially in construction, say there are remaining …
The lack of a heat illness prevention plan (HIPP) is by far the most cited violation when Cal/OSHA inspects an outdoor workplace. The agency is focusing on heat illness as …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has published revisions to its proposed indoor heat illness prevention standard, General Industry Safety Orders §3396. The Board is accepting comments until August 22nd. The changes …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health will hold its first advisory meeting on Wednesday, August 9th, about the newly authorized emergency temporary standard for silicosis prevention in the engineered …
A Cal/OSHA revision last year to the cranes and derricks regulation may have some unintended consequences for crane operators who want to recertify and their employers. In a petition to …
Cal/OSHA has published revisions to its controversial proposal for lead in construction and general industry, and the Standards Board is accepting comments until July 24th. But already a coalition of …
Like several other ski resorts and zoos in the past, Homewood Mountain Resort has sought and been granted a permanent variance from an outdated Cal/OSHA regulation on passenger tramways. The …