Items Tagged with 'Cal/OSHA'

Cal/OSHA Bureau of Investigations is adding eight investigative staffers and one chief investigator, and also seeking a northern California supervising special investigator.

The Legislature could set stronger protections for farmworkers during extreme heat along with new PPE requirements when wildfire smoke blows into the valley, as climate change looks to intensify these natural disasters.

California’s workplace regulator is considering measures to allow the use of autonomous smart tractors on farms, which could ease labor costs for agricultural operations. But labor interests are pushing back against the approval of innovative technologies.

A proposal to cache N95s * CA’s new climate bills * New House Ag chair sets priorities * Senate chair has questions for Vilsack

Legislators introduced a number of other measures on Tuesday, several related to agriculture.

Assembly Ag Chair Robert Rivas of Hollister has co-authored a bill that would charge Cal/OSHA with establishing a stockpile of N95 respirators to deploy to farmworkers working under wildfire smoke.

Cal/OSHA inspections over the last three months have led to more than $1 million in proposed penalties.

UC Davis Professor Marc Schenker recognizes California is ahead of the rest of the country with heat illness prevention, but said more can be done.