A Yuba Superior judge ordered a sheriff's office lieutenant to cooperate with Cal-OSHA investigators amid legal battle and ...

Officials with Cal/OSHA have launched an investigation after a man died in an accident at a cement plant in Lebec earlier ...

The proposed changes to the workplace violence prevention plan regulation add significant burdens, many of which are not listed in the statute (Labor Code Section 6401.9). Under the proposed changes, ...

Cal-OSHA is investigating after a 50-year-old Florida man died after being found unresponsive at the National Cement Plant in ...

California lawmakers put top state officials tasked with protecting worker health and safety under intense fire on Wednesday for falling short of their mission, as highlighted by a recent state audit.

In a review of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health published Thursday, state auditors found understaffing was a primary factor leading inspectors to skip in-person inspections of ...

The state of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, is perhaps the most aggressive and enforcement-heavy approved state OSH Program in the nation.

Understaffing at a division of the Department of Industrial Relations' could be undermining protections for California workers, a new report from the California State Auditor found, echoing concerns ...

California farm groups and ag-tech advocates are urging the Cal/OSHA Health and Safety Standards Board to slow down and rethink its new blueprint for regulating autonomous agricultural equipment, ...

The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has filed a complaint with federal OSHA to call attention to California OSHA’s diminished staffing ranks. Citing an analysis by ...

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