The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board recently held a public hearing on the proposed nighttime lighting requirements for agricultural operations. Several ag industry groups expressed concern…
Ag Employers Urged to Weigh in on Nighttime Labor Regulations
The opportunity for public comment on the proposed changes to nighttime labor regulations for the agricultural industry is nearing its end. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) is…
Farm City Newsday Monday, 04-01-19
…resource, the names of the 2019 state wine winners, how Chiquita is using social media for World Banana Day and Cal OSHA’s emergency rulemaking process of amending the smoke risk…
Emergency Process Pushing New Air Quality Standard for Wildfire Smoke
…2018 seeks to amend regulations specific to health risks related to wildfire smoke. Instead of working through the traditional rulemaking process, the Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) is…
Petition for New Air Quality Standards Related to Wildfire Smoke
…those 18,000 structures get burned, it creates a lot of smoke and smoke affects workers,” said Heat and Agriculture Program Coordinator for Cal/OSHA, David Hornung. “We’ve got ag workers that…
Nighttime Labor Regulations Quietly Moving Fast
A proposal to implement further nighttime labor regulations for the agricultural industry is continuing to make progress. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, had previously…
Impending Indoor Heat Standard Looks Familiar
The developing indoor heat regulation should look relatively familiar to the industry. Cal/OSHA is putting together the language for new indoor heat prevention standards, and a draft is due by…
Poultry Facilities Recognized for Safety Performance
…OSHA total recordable illness and injury rate for 2016 was 4.2 cases per 100 fulltime workers. The 2016 rate represents an outstanding 82 percent improvement from 1994. Award consideration was…
Heat Illness Prevention In California
…the safety of farm laborers and be in full compliance with the Cal-OSHA Heat Illness Prevention (HIP) standard. All employees must be trained in heat illness and the HIP standard…
NIFA Focus on Two New Projects
…outreach and marketing and supporting promotion of the CareerSafe OSHA 10-hour General Industry (Agriculture) course. The SAY project is led by the Pennsylvania State University in collaboration with the Ohio…
Court Strikes Down Tighter Anhydrous Restrictions
…ruled against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, known as OSHA, because the Administration violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Last year, OSHA issued a memo redefining the retail…
State Ag Officials Seek OSHA Enforcement Extension
…at retail locations. The State Ag Departments sent a letter to OSHA asking them to delay enforcement of the new Process Safety Management rules until July of 2018. OSHA removed…
California Farm Labor Contractor Association Conferences
…laws; The Affordable Care Act; immigration reform; wage and hour issues; Cal OSHA requirements; worker transportation issues; FLC licensing and continuing education and more. Conferences are scheduled for this Wednesday,…
California Ag Headlines for September 25
…South Australia. The California Department of Industrial Relation’s (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (commonly known as Cal/OSHA) is joining Federal OSHA in reminding agricultural employers of the hazards…