Itâs almost a year late, but the Department of Industrial Relations has submitted its 2023 report to the California Legislature on Cal/OSHAâs activities for that year. Why was it so late? Cal-OSHA Reporter asked DIR the reason, and whether the legislature had granted an extension, but had not received a reply by publication. DIR is …
Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health opened 12% fewer inspections during the first three quarters of 2024 than during the same period in 2023. It issued 12% fewer citations, according to data obtained by Cal-OSHA Reporter. DOSH conducted 4,681 inspections between January 1st and October 16th of this year, compared to 5,314 during the …
Jesus Salazar Castillo, 66, a line worker at poultry processor Pitman Farms in Sanger, California, regularly volunteered for overtime on weekends, working in the wastewater pit area to clean the surroundings. That practice may have been his undoing. In May 2023, he was apparently overcome by hydrogen disulfide (H2S) near the pit, fell in, and …
Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health initiated 10% more workplace investigations in 2023 than in 2022, including 6% more onsite inspections, according to the final data for the year. Conversely, those inspections yielded 11% fewer alleged violations than in 2022. Violations are down 42% from the 22,011 alleged in 2016 and have been in …
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Injuries and illness in California workplaces saw a sharp jump in 2022, spurred by a more than doubling of workplace-related respiratory illnesses, especially in the public sector. The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses estimates that cases rose 26% in 2022 overall and 20% in private industry. The increases were led by state and local …
Following Cal-OSHA Reporterâs October 13th article, âMore Lead Changes â Anything Big?â (p. 13881), Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health took issue with our coverage by pointing out what it says are âerrors and inaccuraciesâ in the reporting. Hereâs what we reported and DOSHâs response. We note that DOSH and the Standards Board published …
Overexertion from âoutside sourcesâ is the most common disabling workplace injury in the country â and the costliest â according to Liberty Mutual Insurance. The insurer has published its annual Workplace Safety Index for more than 20 years. The 2023 index covers calendar year 2020, the height of the pandemic. The index is based on …