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CalOSHA Slams LASD: Mobile Firing Range Explosion Caused by Negligence

May 29, 2024 11:44 amMay 29, 2024 11:44 am

In a not at all surprising move, the state’s occupational health and safety administration (CalOSHA) has stated that the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was negligent in the death of one deputy and the injury of another caused by failing to...

Union Reps OK to Accompany OSHA Inspections

March 29, 2024 11:22 amMarch 29, 2024 11:22 am

A new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule will allow union reps to accompany agency inspections of worksites even if said worksite is non-union. On a media call Thursday afternoon, Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker said...

CalOSHA Throws Pandemic Shade

October 6, 2023 2:30 amOctober 6, 2023 2:31 am

Between the end of August, 2020 and December, 30, 2022, a California business was cited for a “COVID-19 Related Violation” every 9 hours and 48 minutes. Overall, in less than two-and-a-half years, CalOSHA issued 2,096 pandemic-related citations with a fine...

Did California Health Officials Just Say COVID Vaccine Doesn’t Stop Transmission?

December 16, 2021 11:43 amDecember 16, 2021 11:43 am

The California Department of Industrial Relations just updated its CalOSHA Safety and Health standards to reflect changes in COVID protocols. The primary change to the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s revised temporary rule appears to “erase distinctions between...

Show Vaccine Passport or Unvaccinated Employees Mask Up in Sacramento City Hall

July 8, 2021 5:31 pmJuly 13, 2021 6:21 am

Employees with the City of Sacramento say the city is moving forward with a vaccine passport system/database for all city employees. A memo dated June 28, 2021 from Labor Relations Manager Aaron Donato, was issued to City employees: “Effective immediately,...

Elon Musk Throws His Workers Under the Bus During COVID-19

April 9, 2020 8:10 amApril 12, 2020 9:12 am

The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration and U.S. Department of Labor has an Elon Musk problem. When news of the pandemic ravaging the Bay Area began capturing the country’s attention, officials put a strict shutdown order into effect to...