A lawsuit filed by agriculture challenging Cal/OSHA’s recently enacted COVID emergency standard is just starting to make its way through the legal system. There is an injunction pending to halt …
Several California agricultural organizations have issued a major broadside against Cal/OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) about COVID. The lawsuit is seeking to nullify the ETS entirely or several at least …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board overruled a staff recommendation to send a petition on the use of autonomous agricultural equipment to an advisory committee. It would have studied whether a requirement …
WALNUT CREEK – Agricultural employers cheered the latest step in gaining formal Cal/OSHA recognition for tractor-mounted personnel transport carriers (PTCs) for irrigation workers. But at the same time, they lamented …
Concern about the Division of Occupational Safety and Health starting enforcement operations against agricultural employers for their use of tractor-mounted transportation units to get field hands to remote locations has …
OAKLAND – When the Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced in June that it was convening an advisory committee to discuss “possible changes” to the heat illness prevention standard, …
MODESTO — California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) traveled to the state’s food basket — the Central Valley — to gather food for thought on equipment that is …
SB 477, a bill that would strengthen shade, break and water requirements for California’s outdoor workers, is moving along after being approved by the Assembly Labor and Employment committee 4 …