Emergency Standard Needed for Silica Hazard?

Several years ago, Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health instituted a special-emphasis program on silica exposure in the countertop manufacturing industry, triggered by deaths and serious injuries in this … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA’s ‘Go’ on Gondola

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has granted a variance to Palisades Tahoe Ski Holdings on certain aspects of its new “Base-to-Base Gondola,” which will link the Palisades and Alpine Meadows ski … Read More »

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OAL Approves Variance Fix

The California Office of Administrative Law has signed off on a revision to Cal/OSHA Standards Board rules on variance applications. It provides for paperless variance applications, eliminating a decades-old requirement … Read More »

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Standards Board – In Person Again

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board will hold its first in-person meeting since early 2020 on April 21st in Oakland, Cal-OSHA Reporter has confirmed. The meeting will be significant, as the board … Read More »

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New ETS Language Posted

With only two weeks left before an April 21st vote on the final version of Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency temporary standard, the Standards Board has published the language the board will … Read More »

ETS to Become Permanent?

Against the backdrop of the pandemic becoming endemic, mask requirements terminated in most states and businesses, and a public who has had just about enough, Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety … Read More »

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