Monarch Tractor features an electric model at the World Ag Expo. (photo: Brad Hooker) The standards board governing the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, has established a new ...

State audit reveals chronic understaffing weakened Cal-OSHA enforcement efforts. Cal-OSHA failed to justify skipped inspections in cases involving serious injuries. DIR reduced Cal-OSHA vacancy rate ...

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.

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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 ...

California’s workplace safety agency doesn’t have enough people to protect the state’s workers, said a recent state audit. A review from the California state auditor’s office released Thursday said ...

With parts of the state expected to reach triple-digit heat, employers are reminded of their legal obligations to protect both indoor and outdoor workers from serious heat-related illnesses. As we ...

California regulators have cited two employers for workplace safety violations following investigations into two on-the-job deaths in Ventura County last year. Last August, a state employee was found ...

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.