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On May 16, Cal-OSHA’s civil division assessed $185,000 in fines for eight serious accident-related safety violations for the November explosion. Yet the near-deadly accident was never referred ...
California Refinery and Chemical Plant Worker Safety Act of 1990 added section 7872 and 7873 to the Labor Code. On September 25, 1992, AB 2601 was signed into law. [20] It protected gays and lesbians against employment discrimination. [21] California was the seventh state to add sexual orientation to laws barring job discrimination. [22]
The California Health and Safety Code is the codification of general statutory law covering the subject areas of health and safety in the state of California. [1] It is one of the 29 California Codes and was originally signed into law by the Governor of California on April 7, 1939. [2]
Cal/OSHA requires that qualifying organizations create illness and injury prevention programs meant to help identify and eliminate dangers before accidents and illnesses occur. [ 2 ] As of December 22, 2015, Cal/OSHA employed 195 field enforcement officers, 25 of whom received bilingual pay for using a second language at least 10% of the time ...
The Bee’s reporting found numerous troubling examples of how a staffing shortage within the Division of Occupational Health and Safety, also known as Cal-OSHA, causes serious harm both to state ...
The overall vacancy rate at Cal-OSHA is 34%, according to a Bee analysis of the latest organization chart. Among health and safety inspectors, that rate rises to 37%, as Cal-OSHA’s hiring data ...
As of Feb. 22, the department is hiring for several safety inspector and supervisor positions across the state, along with other roles (scroll down to see which Cal-OSHA jobs are accepting ...
OSHA also requires employers to report on every injury or job-related illness requiring medical treatment (other than first aid) on OSHA Form 300, "Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses" (known as an "OSHA Log" or "Form 300"). An annual summary is also required and must be posted for three months, and records must be kept for at least five ...