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A Construction Worker Protected by a Guardrail and a Fall Arrest System

The differences between guardrail standards compliant with OSHA 1910 and Cal/OSHA

They're often the first choice for passive fall protection

September 5, 2023

When guardrails are installed for worker safety in the state of California, Federal OSHA AND Cal/OSHA are the governing regulations that shall be followed. There are some differences in the specific regulations between the two regulations.

California health care workers hope new workplace standard will prevent on-the-job assaults

Pauline Bartalone

October 24, 2016

Workers in California’s hospitals and doctors’ offices may be less likely to get hit, kicked, bitten or grabbed under new workplace standards adopted by a state workplace safety board Thursday.

From 2016 NSC Congress & Expo

Understanding workplace violence

Benita Mehta

October 14, 2016

The occupational keynote Tuesday, October 19 will focus on workplace violence and what workplaces can do to prepare themselves. The speakers are Carol Cambridge, CEO of Violence Free; Carri Casteel, MPH, PhD, President-Elect Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research Associate Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health University of Iowa; Kevin L. Foust, Chief of Police & Director of Security, Virginia Tech Police Department; Juliann Sum, JD, ScM, Chief of Cal/OSHA.

Construction worker plummets 53 stories to his death at downtown LA high-rise

March 18, 2016

A construction worker on his second day on the job fell 53 stories to his death yesterday at a downtown Los Angeles high-rise slated to be the tallest building in the West, officials said.

Cal. moves ahead with a workplace violence standard for healthcare industry

November 30, 2015

In October of 2010, a psychiatric technician was strangled by a patient at Napa State Hospital and a Registered Nurse working at a Contra Costa County jail in Martinez, California died as a result of being assaulted by an inmate.

Bumble Bee to pay $6 million over death of employee in tuna oven

August 13, 2015

In the biggest-ever settlement in California over workplace safety violations involving a single victim, Bumble Bee Foods will pay $6 million in the death of an employee who was accidentally cooked in a 270 degree industrial oven.

Globetrotting safety and health emissary discusses “pitiless, globalized economy”

Dave Johnson

June 1, 2015

Monday afternoon at the 2015 AIHce in Salt Lake City features the annual Jeffrey S. Lee Lecture, this year given by Garrett Brown, titled, “Two Decades Spent Helping Workers Protect Their Own Health and Safety in a Pitiless, Globalized Economy.”

Calif. strengthens heat illness prevention standard

March 2, 2015

Cal/OSHA’s recent revisions to the state’s heat illness prevention standard are expected to take effect in time for the upcoming growing season -- and over agriculture industry objections.

Explosion rocks Exxon Mobil refinery in Torrance, Cal.

February 18, 2015

Four workers suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning at the Exxon Mobil refinery in Torrance, California when a large explosion rocked the facility, causing a fire and sending ash raining down from the sky.

Nurses want rest of U.S. to follow California’s lead in Ebola protection

State establishes mandatory guidelines for healthcare worker PPE, training

November 24, 2014

National Nurses United (NNU) is calling on OSHA and other states to follow the mandatory safeguards recently established by California to protect nurses, other health workers, and the public from the threat of the deadly Ebola virus.