Cal/OSHA

Good morning, California. It’s Friday, November 20. Limited lockdown Starting Saturday night, nearly all Californians will be subject to a curfew aimed at curbing a statewide surge in coronavirus infections. Under the terms of the “limited stay-at-home order” Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled Thursday, nonessential work and gatherings will be prohibited between 10 p.m. and 5 […]

Backed by the state’s attorney general and welcomed by labor advocates as better late than never, California's new policy will start to hold businesses accountable for protecting their workers, mandate reporting outbreaks and decrease crowding in housing for vulnerable guest farmworkers spotlighted in a California Divide investigation.

Respaldada por el fiscal general del estado y bienvenida por los defensores laborales como más vale tarde que nunca, la nueva política de California comenzará a responsabilizar a las empresas de proteger a sus trabajadores, exigirá informar sobre brotes y reducir el hacinamiento en las viviendas para los trabajadores agrícolas temporales vulnerables que se destacan en una investigación de California Divide.

Oregon led with transparency in reporting workplace outbreaks. California shields businesses so as not to shame them. The distinction has workers and public health experts worried.

California is one of 22 states with a dedicated state agency charged with keeping workers safe and healthy. Here's how you can report problems.

Los funcionarios de seguridad en el trabajo de California citan a Kaiser Permanente por no haber considerado a la COVID-19 como una enfermedad transmisible por el aire. Kaiser dice que apelará la citación contra su centro psiquiátrico en Santa Clara.

California workplace safety officials cite Kaiser Permanente for failing to treat COVID-19 as an airborne disease. Kaiser says it will appeal the citation against its psychiatric facility in Santa Clara.

Warehouse workers stage vigil at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ $165 million Beverly Hills home on Prime Day, the e-commerce giant’s annual flagship sales event, to demand better safety measures, higher pay.

Another fire season, another investigation into whether PG&E equipment may have sparked a deadly blaze. This time, it’s the Zogg Fire in Shasta County, which has so far killed four people and destroyed more than 200 structures. Cal Fire, the state firefighting agency, took possession of PG&E equipment as part of its investigation into the […]

Un análisis de CalMatters muestra que Cal/OSHA despliega inspectores en sólo el 5% de los casos de quejas de COVID. Las quejas no relacionadas con COVID tenían más del doble de probabilidades de resultar en inspecciones in situ, pero eso es todavía muy inferior a la cuota pre-pandémica.