“Here we go again,” said Standards Board chairman Dave Thomas after the board voted to again wade into the prickly issue of regulating the adult film industry. The board’s action …
As the 2019 legislative season concludes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed three bills related to occupational safety and health and vetoed two others. A total of five OSH bills …
Rebuilding a dam is hazardous in its own right. But when the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission embarked on a project to rebuild the Calaveras Dam near Sunol to protect …
It likely won’t be until 2020 that the regulated public sees Cal/OSHA’s proposal to revise the Elevator Safety Orders. But the behind-the-scenes battle between the Division of Occupational Safety and …
In case you missed it (and it was certainly easy to miss), the governor this summer signed a bill that, among many other things, prods Cal/OSHA about its pending revisions …
A proposal by two ski patrollers for official recognition of advanced avalanche-blasting technology could provide superior safety to the one which is traditionally in use. Both the Division of Occupational …
Among the hundreds of bills passed by California lawmakers at the end of the legislative season are six related to occupational safety and health. In addition to ABs 1804 and …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board will reconvene an advisory committee exploring a potential requirement for brush and wood chippers used in landscaping to have “presence-sensing” devices to prevent workers from being …