Cal/OSHA Holds Workplace Violence Reg Advisory Committee
Cal/OSHA was directed by the Legislature to propose “additional requirements the Division deems necessary” to supplement the Workplace Violence Prevention…
Coroner’s Report on Dairy Farm Deaths Points to Toxic Gas Exposure
WASHINGTON — Six people who died at a Colorado dairy farm this summer were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas, authorities said Thursday. The Weld County…
Cal/OSHA Releases “DART” Rates, ’25-’26 “High Hazard Industry” List
DART (Days Away, Restricted or Transferred) rates are a yardstick used by Cal/OSHA to measure the accident and workplace injury experience of various…
CDPH Calls On Dairy Operators to Offer On-Site Flu Vaccine Clinics
In a letter to diary operators from Kristin J. Cummings, MD, Chief of the Occupational Health Branch, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)…
Standards Board: Advisory Committee on Avian Flu, Dairy Workers
On September 18, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board (effectively, the quasi-legislative body that considers and approves all regulations enforced by Cal/OSHA)…
Last Heat Wave of 2025?
Mid-September temperatures are expected to be well in excess of either the 80˚ threshold triggering requirements of Heat Illness Prevention standard,…
Wildfire Smoke Resources for FELS Members
Napa County's Pickett Fire has burned more than 6,800 acres with 25% containment and is estimated to have caused $65 million in losses, with extensive…
