The Cal/OSHA Standards Board gave several reasons for denying a petition to allow an internationally recognized sign for building exits. But the vote boiled down to one thing: Nothing in the relevant Cal/OSHA standard prevents employers from using the sign if they want to. Board staff notes that a similar proposal from the same person …
Cal/OSHA is slated for a 17% budget decrease under the Governor’s proposed 2025-26 budget. That would mean a 13% decrease overall for the Division of Occupational Safety and Health compliance program, but it would also mean an increase for Cal/OSHA Consultation and the Standards and Appeals boards. The total proposed for DOSH (which includes the …
Cal/OSHA’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has set its annual increase as required by the federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act. The increases are 3% across the board, like in 2024. The Inflation Adjustment Act became law in 2015, requiring Fed-OSHA and the state plans to increase penalties for regulatory, general, willful, and repeatviolations, …
Cal/OSHA, including the Standards Board and Division of Occupational Safety and Health, has numerous rulemaking projects for 2025. With some of the biggest ones in years already finalized – indoor heat illness, silica, and lead – 2025 could see several other proposals get formally proposed and be on their way to adoption. At least, that’s …
It seems like only yesterday that we were writing about the top stories of 2023. But that was one fast-moving year ago, and now it’s time to look back at 2024, which flew by and took us with it. It was a consequential year for workplace safety in California, with echoes into the new year. …
Cal/OSHA has cited two employers in the span of one week, with combined penalties reaching $840,000. One is a government entity. Los Angeles City Animal Services faces $563,000 in proposed penalties, and Parkwood Landscape Maintenance, $277,000 in potential penalties. Neither involves fatalities, although the animal shelter case involved an employee who was mauled by a …
Since July 2024, California employers have been working under the requirements of SB 553 for workplace violence (WPV) prevention. After several years of planning to enact a new Cal/OSHA regulation, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health will take the next steps in the new year to combine the law with its own vision. That …