If youâre reading this, you probably know more about Cal/OSHA than me. Thatâs awkward since Iâm Cal-OSHA Reporterâs new journalist covering Cal/OSHA, and itâs me who is supposed to be telling you whatâs going on. If I had a business card, my title probably would be âThe New Guy.â Thatâs how Iâve been introduced in …
vCal-OSHA ReporterâŻis pleased to announce the addition of Gary Warth, who has joinedâŻProvidence PublicationsâŻafter a decades-long career as a journalist in San Diego County. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with a minor in sociology from San Diego State University, he worked as a reporter and later editor for a chain of …
Weâve turned the page on another year, but with the first Cal-OSHA Reporter issue of 2024 â our 51st year â itâs time to look back at the stories that shaped 2023 and onward. Last year, Cal/OSHA introduced four new major regulations, issued citations in many significant cases, saw several bills of note signed into …
Associated General Contractors of California has honored nine individuals and companies with Construction Safety Excellence Awards. The winners were announced at AGCâs Construct conference this week in Palm Desert. As it has in the past several years, Cal-OSHA Reporter participated in judging the competition. There were almost 40 entrants in CSEA, and all the competitors …
The Department of Industrial Relations is pushing ahead with plans to spend $15 million over three years on an outside media consultant. The total outlay under the contract is more than nine times what DIR spends annually for the employees in its Office of External Affairs (OEA) who are tasked with the same responsibilities. DIR …
This issue of Cal-OSHA Reporter marks the return of our Decisions section, which was, of necessity, put on hiatus after the untimely death of former Case Editor Mark Webb. As previously reported, the new editor is Ursula Clemons-Heslip, former presiding administrative law judge for Southern California for the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board. This weekâs primary case …
Providence Publications, publisher of Cal-OSHA Reporter, is proud to announce Ursula Clemons-Heslip as the new Case Decisions Editor. She succeeds Mark Webb, who succumbed to cancer. Clemons-Heslip is a name familiar to Californiaâs occupational safety and health arena. She is the former Presiding Administrative Law Judge for the Southern California division of the Cal/OSHA Appeals …
Known as experience rating, an X-Mod, or an EMR by any name, it helps promote workplace safety throughout the United States. Californiaâs experience rating system is not unique, and employers experience ratings are promulgated in every state. Experience rating was designed to give employers a financial incentive to improve workplace safety by impacting how much …