Industrial hygiene controls often fail in lone worker environments where supervision and monitoring are limited.

This draft regulation follows the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “walkaround rule” that became effective on May 31, 2024. Because California has an OSHA state plan, the ...

The state of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, is perhaps the most aggressive and enforcement-heavy approved state OSH Program in the nation.

4:30 P.M. THERE IS MORE FALLOUT FOR THE ESPARTO FIREWORKS COMPANY, WHERE A DEADLY EXPLOSION KILLED SEVEN WORKERS IN JULY. THE STATE SAFETY DIVISION IS FINDING DEVASTATING PYROTECHNICS. MORE THAN ...

Cal-OSHA says it found 15 violations at the Esparto fireworks facility where multiple explosions killed seven workers back in July. Devastating Pyrotechnics, the company that operated the fireworks ...

One of two fireworks businesses linked to the deadly Esparto explosion known as the "Oakdale fire" faces $221,000 in state fines following a series of inspections stemming from the July 1 incident.

Five months after a series of explosions cost the lives of seven workers in the small farming town of Esparto, Devastating Pyrotechnics, the company that operated the dangerous fireworks operation, ...

California workplace safety officials have levied heavy fines against a pyrotechnics company at the heart of a deadly July 1 explosion in the Yolo County town of Esparto. The state’s Division of ...

A legal battle between the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office and California’s workplace safety agency has called into question the latter’s authority to investigate law enforcement, including potential ...

Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers to protect workers from heat illness at outdoor and indoor workplaces as high temperatures are forecast across Southern California this week. As California ...

The city of Marysville is facing more than $150,000 in citations from Cal/OSHA tied to the death of Officer Osmar Rodarte, who was killed in the line of duty earlier this year. "Cal/OSHA might think ...