The Division of Occupational Safety and Health has released the “discussion draft” of its potential permanent regulation to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke ahead of an August 27 advisory …
California’s Office of Administrative Law quickly approved Cal/OSHA’s emergency standard to protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke exposure. The regulation, General Industry Safety Orders §5141.1, took effect July 29. The …
The Cal/OSH Standards Board was scheduled to vote on July 18 on emergency protections for outdoor workers exposed to wildfire smoke. In addition, it has announced its intention to begin …
Agreeing that the perfect should not be the enemy of the good, the Cal/OSH Standards Board unanimously approved emergency protections for workers exposed to wildfire smoke. Like many Cal/OSHA regulations, …
SB 1. which would prohibit California environmental and safety standards from falling below baselines from 2016, and which would allow private citizens to enforce state standards under specific circumstances, has …
Stakeholders urged the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to create an appendix to the upcoming emergency regulation on protecting outdoor workers from wildfire smoke to help employers understand what …