Tag: Cal/OSHA

OSHA Proposes National Worker Heat Stress Rule to Protect Indoor and Outdoor Workers from Extreme Heat

Jon Redmond /July 8, 2024

In what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is calling a “significant step toward a federal heat standard to protect workers”, the agency is issuing a Notice of Proposed…

What is Cal OSHA Proposed Rule for Indoor Heat?

Jon Redmond /July 2, 2024

Cal OSHA’s newly proposed indoor heat rule, “Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment” (Title 8, section 3396), has moved closer to approval and has potential for most California employers…

Fact Sheets and FAQs on Updated COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

Jon Redmond /May 19, 2022

  Cal/OSHA has announced the anticipated updates to its FAQs on COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) to reflect the revisions adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. The…

The First State to Adopt an ‘Endemic’ Virus Policy

Jon Redmond /March 7, 2022

In preparation for the next steps in the new normal, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced an ‘endemic’ approach to the coronavirus pandemic. The SMARTER Plan becomes the nation’s first adopted…

Cal/OSHA Votes to Adopt Revised COVID-19 Prevention ETS

Jon Redmond /February 11, 2022

Federal OSHA Halts COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS; Cal/OSHA Votes to Adopt Revised COVID-19 Prevention ETS The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay of Federal OSHA’s emergency temporary standard…