Cal-OSHA is investigating after a 50-year-old Florida man died after being found unresponsive at the National Cement Plant in ...

A Yuba Superior judge ordered a sheriff’s office lieutenant to cooperate with Cal-OSHA investigators amid legal battle and ...

California lawmakers put top state officials tasked with protecting worker health and safety under intense fire on Wednesday for falling short of their mission, as highlighted by a recent state audit.

The company will pay millions in penalties and invest in safety upgrades after two workers died in a 2020 nitrogen gas release, following a Cal/OSHA criminal referral. California Ranch Foods, a ...

Understaffing at a division of the Department of Industrial Relations' could be undermining protections for California workers, a new report from the California State Auditor found, echoing concerns ...

In a review of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health published Thursday, state auditors found understaffing was a primary factor leading inspectors to skip in-person inspections of ...

The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has filed a complaint with federal OSHA to call attention to California OSHA’s diminished staffing ranks. Citing an analysis by ...

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.

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