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Cal/OSHA
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as Cal/OSHA, protects workers from health and safety hazards on the job in almost every workplace in California through its research and standards, enforcement, and consultation programs. Cal/OSHA also oversees programs to promote public safety on elevators, amusement rides, ski lifts and to promote the safe use of pressure vessels (e.g., boilers and tanks).
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Cal/OSHA Consultation Service
Cal/OSHA provides free safety and health assistance to employers, with the goal of preventing occupational injuries and ilnesses. A variety of services are available, such as:
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Cal/OSHA Regulations
The Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board maintains an index to all Cal/OSHA regulations.
- Cal/OSHA Launches 2013 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign - IR-2013-18
- Free Heat Illness Prevention Training Sessions
- Cal/OSHA Issues High Heat Advisory as Temperatures Rise Across the State - IR-2013-15
- US Labor Department’s OSHA concludes fatality investigation at San Francisco VA Medical Center research laboratory, issues violation notices - IR-2013-10
- In Cooperation with Cal/OSHA, CSB Releases Technical Report on Chevron 2012 Pipe Rupture and Fire; Extensive Sulfidation Corrosion Noted - IR-2013-08
- California employers to post annual work-related injury and illness summary - IR-2013-07
- Cal/OSHA Cites Chevron Nearly $1 Million for Richmond Refinery Fire
Imposes Highest Penalties Allowed Under State Law – IR-2013-06 - Hazard Alert - Ammonia Safety in Wineries:EnglishSpanish