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On October 14, 2017, Governor Brown vetoed AB-978: Employment safety – Injury and Illness Prevention Program. This bill would have required an employer to provide upon request a complete copy of the company’s written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) and all required attachments to a current employee or a representative of the employee within...
Update from the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee Meeting
From time to time, some tidbits of good information are discussed at the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee meeting, of which I’m a member. The November meeting was one of those meetings. Two topics of interest were discussed; Update on the Indoor Heat Standard and DOSH penalty structure. First, it was stated that the Indoor Heat Standard...
“EHS Practice Evolving for 21st Century Issues” will be the theme for this year’s California Industrial Hygiene Council Annual Conference, scheduled for December 4-6 at the JW Marriott in San Francisco. Of particular note this year, Dr. John Howard, Director of NIOSH and former chief of Cal/OSHA will be the luncheon keynote speaker on Monday. ...