What Fueled the 2022 Rise in California Injuries & Illnesses?

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 … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA Challenges Our Reporting

Following Cal-OSHA Reporter’s October 13th article, “More Lead Changes – Anything Big?” (p. 13881), Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health took issue with our coverage by pointing out what it says are “errors and inaccuracies” in the reporting. Here’s what we reported and DOSH’s response. We note that DOSH and the Standards Board published … Read More »

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LIMU’s Latest Safety Index

Overexertion from “outside sources” is the most common disabling workplace injury in the country – and the costliest – 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 … Read More »

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Mandatory Reporting of Carcinogens & Silica

Employers must report their use of regulated carcinogens, including silica. Cal/OSHA has established a new way to do that. Here’s how and links to where. Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has established online forms for employers’ mandatory reports of carcinogen and silica use. All employers who use regulated carcinogens must report their use … Read More »

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Diving In To Fatal Data

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 … Read More »

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Feds Find Progress

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 … Read More »

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More Injury and Illness Data

California workplace injury and illness data for 2021 shows slightly higher metrics over 2020 for all employment sectors. Private industry showed a slight decrease. Here are additional and more detailed statistics from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, including the highest recordable incident rates, the percentage of cases that resulted in days away from … Read More »

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