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Cal/OSHA Log and Other New Requirements

If you didn’t post your Cal/OSHA log, here once again, is your reminder. February is the month to post your company’s Summary of Work Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300A); this document is a summary of the workplace injury and illness data compiled from the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300) that was...

Changes to the Emergency Action Plan

One of the oldest OSHA and Cal/OSHA safety standard is the requirement for employers to have an Emergency Action Plan or EAP (Cal/OSHA Section 3220).  The requirement is quite simple in that every employer must develop a plan for foreseeable emergencies, e.g., fire, earthquake, power outage, etc. Although the regulation does not specifically state that...

How’s Your Ladder Safety Program?

Falls from ladders account for about 20,000 injuries and 300 deaths in the U.S. each year.  However ladders in good condition and used properly are seldom a cause of an accident.  The American Ladder Institute has declared March, National Ladder Safety Month. Section 3276 of the Cal/OSHA General Industry Safety Orders and Section 1675 of...

Cal/OSHA’s Penalty Structure Changing

If it wasn’t expensive enough, Cal/OSHA has amended Labor Code Section 6427 which deals with the civil penalties for a violation of a safety or health standard.  Currently, non-serious violations are assessed a penalty of $7,000. That penalty will increase about 78% to $12,471 per violation.  This same penalty change will also apply to posting...