New Appeals Board Member
Marvin Kropke to the labor seat on the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board. The seat was vacated last year by the well-respected Art Carter who retired. Kropke, 71, most recently was a …
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California’s Harwood Grantees
Fed-OSHA has announced awards of about $10.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants, and eight California organizations will receive grants for the coming fiscal year, totaling about $1,117 million, or …
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California’s Harwood Grants
Seven California organizations will share more than $1 million – about 11% – of Fed-OSHA’s 2018 Susan Harwood Training Grant Program awards. OSHA has awarded some $9.3 million to 74 …
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Legal Action on PSM Reforms?
Two organizations representing California’s oil refining industry have demanded significant changes in proposed reforms to Cal/OSHA’s process safety management regulation. Triggered by the 2012 Chevron Richmond fire and buttressed by …
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Cal/OSHA Adopts Fed Silica Rules
A coalition of construction employers pleaded with the Cal/OSH Standards Board to delay the adoption of new rules protecting workers from silica, at least for their industry. At the least, …
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California Receives Fed-OSHA Grants
California non-profit organizations will get more than $1.6 million in Fed-OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grants in the coming fiscal year. California accounts for about 15% of the national total of …
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Former Deputy Chief Says Rules Amount to a ‘Poll Tax’
A former Cal/OSHA official who is now a small business owner says he is folding up shop because of new rules instituted by DIR upon contractors who want to bid …
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Appeals Board Seeks Plan to Settle Cases Earlier
SACRAMENTO – The facts are that nearly all – some 90% – of appealed Cal/OSHA citation cases are settled before ever getting to a hearing. Many settle at a significantly …
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