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 …
Employers must report their use of regulated carcinogens, including silica. Cal/OSHA has established a new way to do that. Hereâs how and links to where. Cal/OSHAâs Division of Occupational Safety and Health has established online forms for employersâ mandatory reports of carcinogen and silica use. All employers who use regulated carcinogens must report their use …
There were 462 California employees killed on the job in 2021. More than half were at least 45 years old, according to the new Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Some 83% of one fatality source not from causes the safety community can generally prevent. Here is information about industry and employee characteristics regarding the main …
Cal/OSHA missed its goal of 5,775 inspections in 2021 by about 10%, Fed-OSHA says in its latest evaluation of the program. Nonetheless, the Feds say the agency made progress toward addressing previous findings and observations, as reflected in the latest Federal Annual Monitoring and Evaluation (FAME) report. The 5,282 inspections Cal/OSHA conducted resulted in some …