When most employers think about a Cal/OSHA inspection, they picture an inspector responding after an accident or employee complaint. Increasingly, that’s no longer the case. Recognizing that agriculture remains one of California’s highest-risk industries, Cal/OSHA established the Agricultural Enforcement Task Force and Outreach Unit (AETFO) with a goal of shifting enforcement from reactive investigations to […]
FELS Newsletter: The Top 10 Cal/OSHA Violations in Agriculture: Series
Cal/OSHA Top 10 Violations in Agriculture: Part 3 – Reporting Serious Injuries or Fatalities: The Clock Starts Immediately
No employer wants to experience a serious workplace injury or fatality. Unfortunately, accidents can happen—even in organizations with strong safety programs. When they do, one of the first compliance obligations is notifying Cal/OSHA. Failure to report a qualifying incident is consistently among Cal/OSHA’s most frequently cited violations and is also one of the easiest to […]
The Top 10 Cal/OSHA Violations in Agriculture: Part 2 – Your Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)
If Heat Illness Prevention is one of Cal/OSHA’s highest enforcement priorities, then the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) is the foundation that supports it. In fact, nearly every Cal/OSHA inspection begins with one question: “Can I see your Injury and Illness Prevention Program?” For many employers, the answer is simple—they hand the inspector a […]
The Top 10 Cal/OSHA Violations in Agriculture: Part 1 – Heat Illness Prevention
One of the greatest values FELS provides for our members is helping ag employers stay ahead of compliance issues before they become costly citations—or worse, workplace injuries. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be launching a new article series focused on the Top 10 Cal/OSHA Violations in Agriculture. In each edition, we’ll take a practical […]
