Karen Tynan on Proposed Regulation

Cal/OSHA Publishes Draft Workplace Violence Prevention Standard With Additional Proposed Requirements

On September 30, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) No. 553, establishing a new workplace violence prevention standard in California. SB 553 came into effect on July 1, 2024, and the new law requires...more

8/2/2024 / Cal-OSHA , Comment Period , Proposed Regulation , Workplace Violence , Workplace Violence Prevention Programs

Cal/OSHA Standards Board to Vote on Indoor Heat Standard on March 21, 2024

The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will vote to adopt the proposed Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment standard at its March 21, 2024, public meeting....more

3/14/2024 / Cal-OSHA , Health and Safety , Heat Exposure , Proposed Regulation , Public Meetings , Safety Precautions , Safety Standards , Workplace Safety

California’s Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard: Cal/OSHA Standards Board Publishes New Modifications

The draft indoor heat illness prevention standard continues to work its way through the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s rulemaking process. On November 9, 2023, the Board published proposed modifications to...more

11/13/2023 / Cal-OSHA , Comment Period , Health and Safety , Heat Exposure , Occupational Exposure , Proposed Regulation , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Safety

California OSHA Indoor Heat Illness Standard Moves Forward in Standards Board Process

On May 19, 2023, in San Diego, California, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) received public comment regarding the proposed Indoor Heat Standard. The board took public comment and discussed...more

5/22/2023 / Cal-OSHA , Comment Period , Heat Exposure , Proposed Regulation , Public Comment , Workplace Hazards

Cal/OSHA Standards Board Publishes Proposed Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard: It’s Getting Hot in Here

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA Standards Board) recently published the official draft version of an indoor heat illness prevention standard. There are already heat illness...more

4/7/2023 / Cal-OSHA , Employer Liability Issues , Health and Safety , Heat Exposure , Proposed Regulation , Safety Precautions , Safety Standards , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Proposes Final Language for COVID-19 Regulation to Be Voted on November 17, 2022, at Standards Board Meeting

Following on the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) issuance on October 14, 2022, of a State Public Health Officer (SPHO) Order that clarified the definition of “close contact” and “infectious period” to...more

10/19/2022 / Cal-OSHA , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Infectious Diseases , Proposed Regulation , State Health Departments , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Standards Board to Vote on Readoption of COVID-19 ETS

On December 16, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) will meet to consider the readoption of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard...more

12/8/2021 / Cal-OSHA , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Proposed Regulation , Temporary Regulations , Vaccinations , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Requests Standards Board to Skip Vote at May 20, 2021, Meeting

On May 19, 2021, on the eve of a vote by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to adopt proposed substantial changes to the existing Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), Deputy Chief of the...more

5/20/2021 / Cal-OSHA , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , Governor Newsom , Guidance Update , Proposed Regulation , Temporary Regulations

Draft Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulations up for Vote on November 19, 2020

On November 12, 2020, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) announced proposed temporary COVID-19 regulations for review and a vote by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board on...more

11/16/2020 / Cal-OSHA , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Employer Responsibilities , Proposed Regulation , Risk Assessment , Risk Management , Temporary Regulations , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Standards Board to Draft and Adopt COVID-19 Safety Standard

On September 17, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) voted unanimously to pursue the drafting and adoption of a California COVID-19...more

9/23/2020 / Cal-OSHA , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Emergency Response , Proposed Regulation , Safety Standards , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Safety

Cal/OSHA Recommends Emergency COVID-19 Regulation With PPE and Training Provisions

On May 20, 2020, worker advocates submitted a petition for an emergency COVID-19 safety standard demanding additional COVID-19 regulations for those employees not covered by the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) standard....more

8/26/2020 / Cal-OSHA , Comment Period , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Emergency Rule , Employee Training , Health and Safety , Personal Protective Equipment , Proposed Regulation , Safety Standards , Workplace Safety

Karen Tynan

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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