Cal/OSHA is warning all employers throughout the entire state to consider protecting their outdoor workers from heat illness. The National Weather Service has issued high heat advisories and excessive heat warnings for portions of Northern and Southern California. The increasing …
Cal/OSHA has cited Century Window Cleaning for five safety hazards following an investigation into a window washer’s 11-story fall from the roof of a San Francisco building last year. Two of the five hazards cited were for serious violations, including …
Cal/OSHA is advising all employers to protect their outdoor workers from the risks associated with heat illness with temperatures expected to be 15 to 25 degrees above normal in both Northern and Southern California. “Early in the season, especially as …
Juliann Sum has been named acting chief of Cal/OSHA. Sum will head the Division of Occupational Safety and Health following the resignation of Ellen Widess. Cal/OSHA is a division of the Department of Industrial Relations. Sum will continue as special …
Three rides at Disneyland, including the famous Space Mountain roller coaster, were temporarily closed over the weekend as the company reviewed its employee safety protocols after citations from state regulators. The citations were received Friday from the California Division of …
Officials at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. are boosting the utility’s training on safety procedures after the deaths of three workers in three years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The deaths prompted PG&E officials to revamp electrical workers’ training, to …
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health released a technical evaluation report on piping samples taken from the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, Calif., where a hydrocarbon release and massive fire …
Random inspections of U.S. industrial workplaces lower the risk of workers being injured on the job and have no measurable negative effect on the companies inspected, according to a study in the journal Science. Companies chosen for random inspections by …
Cal/OSHA has issued $256,445 in fines to two companies in Chino, Calif. for over 60 safety violations discovered during warehouse inspections that found unsafe working conditions. The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued …
