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Cal/OSHA Announces Discussion Drafts for Revised Wildfire Smoke Protection and Heat Illness Prevention Standards

On Friday, May 9, 2025, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) announced discussion drafts for the wildfire smoke regulation, as well as the indoor heat and outdoor heat regulations. ...more

5/19/2025 / Advisory Committee , Air Pollution , Cal-OSHA , Comment Period , Discussion Draft , Employee Training , Heat Exposure , Proposed Regulation , Wildfires , Workplace Safety

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 Publishes Further Modifications of Draft Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard

On December 22, 2023, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board published further modifications of the draft indoor heat illness standard. The modifications, which were based on suggestions received in...more

12/27/2023 / Cal-OSHA , Comment Period , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Heat Exposure , State Labor Laws , 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 Standards Board Moves Closer to Vote on Indoor Heat Illness Standard

On August 4, 2023, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) issued its notice to amend the existing Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations to add section 3396, heat illness prevention in...more

8/7/2023 / Cal-OSHA , Comment Period , Health and Safety , Heat Exposure , Proposed Amendments , Safety Precautions , Workplace Hazards

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