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FLASH: Standards Board Approves Heat Illness Changes The Cal/OSH Standards Board unanimously adopted Division of Occupational Safety and Health-recommended revisions to the state heat illness prevention standard, a year after the rulemaking body rejected proposed emergency revisions. Read more here ... More...

FLASH: Standards Board has Two New Members Gov. Schwarzenegger announces the appointment of two new members to the Cal/OSH Standards Board. One position fills the vacant labor seat. The other means the end of Dr. Jonathan Frisch's tenure on the board. Read more here ... More...

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Third Time’s a Charm for Heat Illness Revisions; Legislation in Limbo "High-heat" provisions and "shade-up" requirements highlight long sought changes to California's heat illness prevention standard. Here's what Cal/OSHA achieved after a yearlong battle. Read more here ... More...

DOSH Investigates Hantavirus Death Among the workplace fatalities under investigation by Cal/OSHA is the death of a state parks department employee from suspected hantavirus. Read about this and other deadly incidents in Cal-OSHA Reporter. Read more here ... More...

Second Round of Diacetyl Changes Cal/OSHA has published two sets of revisions to its landmark proposed diacetyl standard as the regulatory clock ticks toward the one-year deadline for adoption. See what the latest changes are in Cal-OSHA Reporter. Read more here ... More...

San Jose ASSE Conference, Nov. 4-5 Greater San Jose ASSE chapter hosts its 2010 professional development conference this November in Monterey. Click here for details on the conference and how to register. Read more here ... More...

California Fatalities Plummet in 2009 Preliminary figures from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries show California and national workplace deaths are down. The figures will be adjusted next spring, but they are expected to still show big decreases. What's behind the drop? Find out in Cal-OSHA Reporter. Read more here ... More...

Overloading Revision Too Much for Some After administrative law judges reject Cal/OSHA citations in two cases, the Standards Board gets into the act with proposals designed to tighten up the regulations in question. Read on to see the issues and the solutions. Read more here ... More...

Board Adopts Chromium Revisions Employers have new requirements on when to notify workers who have been exposed to Chromium (VI). Here's what Cal/OSH Standards Board adopted at its August meeting. Read more here ... More...