On Friday, April 24, 2026, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board released a revised draft workplace violence regulation for general industry that clarifies the definition of ...

Cal/OSHA has launched its annual bilingual training for agricultural workers as part of broader efforts to enforce and educate on heat illness prevention, while OSHA has updated its National Emphasis ...

Cal/OSHA is investigating the death of a mechanic who was killed last month while working on a vehicle. According to Cal/OSHA ...

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 ...

Cal/OSHA is investigating a fatal tunnel collapse near Knights Ferry that killed Twyla Capurro and injured another person.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legislators grilled officials with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal-OSHA, this week about a recent scathing ...

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 ...

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State workplace safety investigators referred the death of a worker at Alco Iron & Metal to the Alameda County District Attorney. The Jan. 8 death of Louis Guerrero of Castro Valley was the third ...

Farmworkers take a break and drink water in the shade of a tent. The March high temperatures prompted Cal-OSHA to issue a warning for laborers. ETIENNE LAURENT AFP via Getty Images Cal‑OSHA warns of ...

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 ...