State safety board fast-tracks an emergency rule to protect countertop fabrication workers from incurable lung disease.

A “silicosis dashboard” run by the California Department of Public Health shows that as of May 22, 562 workers have contracted the incurable disease from working with artificial stone in the state, ...

The two agencies simultaneously were investigating the fireworks blast that killed seven, and families said hey were ...

Assemblymember Liz Ortega, D-San Leandro, has a novel solution for mismanagement and chronic understaffing at Cal-OSHA: Assembly Bill 2321 would “deputize” district attorneys’ offices across the state ...

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, ...

California employers can expect several developments from Cal/OSHA this year. Stricter lead exposure limits, enhanced confined space protocols and new training recordkeeping requirements all took ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Port Hueneme Police Department was fined by state regulators for “serious” workplace safety violations after a sergeant ...

Cal/OSHA’s willful citation for violating California’s outdoor heat illness rules foretells Cal/OSHA’s intent to strictly enforce its recently enacted indoor heat illness standards. The citation ...

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) opened an investigation at Mammoth Mountain, following the death of a ski patroller in an accident last winter. Claire Murphy was ...

Governor Gavin Newsom has reshuffled the chairs in a board that has often served as an impediment to scaling up agtech adoption in California. And the change may be paying off for the industry. Joseph ...