IMPORTANT OSHA UPDATE - Working in Hot Weather

IMPORTANT OSHA NEWS!

OSHA reminds employers to protect their employees when they work in hot weather to prevent the dangers of heat illness.

OSHA’s message is simple: Water. Rest. Shade.

Learn more: https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region10/07152021

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IMPORTANT CAL/OSHA UPDATE - Electronic Submission of Form 300A

IMPORTANT Cal/OSHA UPDATE!

Cal/OSHA requires employers in states regulated by federal OSHA to electronically submit certain records of occupational injuries and illnesses. The electronic submission requirements, along with the incorporation of an existing statutory prohibition on retaliating against employees for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses, were added to federal OSHA's recording and reporting regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, part1904.

Learn more: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/calosha-updates/log300-reporting.html

IMPORTANT CAL/OSHA UPDATE - Wildfire Rural Areas

IMPORTANT Cal/OSHA UPDATE!

Cal/OSHA requires employers to comply with the California Code of Regulations, title 8, section 5141.1 which applies to most outdoor workplaces where the current Air Quality Index (current AQI) for airborne particulate matter 2.5 micrometers or smaller (PM2.5) is 151 or greater, and where employers should reasonably anticipate that employees could be exposed to wildfire smoke.

Learn more: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/doshreg/Protection-from-Wildfire-Smoke/Wildfire-smoke-emergency-standard.html

IMPORTANT CAL/OSHA UPDATE - Cannabis Industry

 

IMPORTANT Cal/OSHA UPDATE!

All employers in the cannabis industry, including those who cultivate, manufacture, distribute, sell, and test marijuana products, must take steps to protect their employees from all health and safety hazards associated with their work.

State of California Department of Industrial Relations requires California employers to have an effective written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP), to comply with the California Code of Regulations, title 8, section 3203. The IIPP must include procedures to identify and correct health and safety hazards in the workplace and provide effective training to all employees so they can perform work safely.

Learn more: https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/cannabis-industry-health-and-safety.html

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