PRR In The News

2023

Inside OSHA:

Cal/OSHA Weighs Calls for Naloxone Mandate Amid Employer Opposition – March 8, 2024

Cal OSHA Reporter:

2023

Cal OSHA Reporter:

New Changes to Indoor Heat Proposal – November 17, 2023

The $4 Billion Lead Debate Controversy: October 27, 2023

Safety Legislation: One Down, One Up – October 6, 2023

Lead Regulations Moving Despite Objections – April 28, 2023

Controversy Erupts Over Lead Proposal – March 24, 2023

Back to Square One on First Aid – February 24, 2023

Standards Board on Exclusion Pay – January 27, 2023

Inside OSHA:

Cal/OSHA Staff Defends Proposed Lead Standard From Employers’ Attacks – October 20, 2023

Employers Make Late Bid For Cal/OSHA To Ease Disputed Lead Safety Rules – July 31, 223

Cal/OSHA Unveils First-Time Indoor Heat Illness-Prevention Standard – April 6, 2023

Industries Attack Proposed Cal/OSHA Safety Rules for Lead – March 17, 2023

Cal/OSHA Delays First-Aid Kit Rules, Riling Board Members, Stakeholders – February 17, 2023

2022

Cal OSHA Reporter:

New COVID Rules Adopted December 16 2022

Stakeholders say First-Aid Kit Proposal Incomplete after 15 Years December 9, 2022

Board Demands Exclusion Pay In New Covid Standard  October 28 2022

Stakeholders React to Workplace Violence Draft October 7, 2022

COVID Reg Hearing Comments September 16 2022

COVID SRIA Triggers Complaints About Transparency May 27, 2022

ETS to Become Permanent?  March 25 2022

What is the Future of COVID Regulation?  January 7 2022

Inside OSHA:

Cal/OSHA Eases Final First-Aid Kit Rules, But Oversight Disputes Remain December 6 2022

 New Cal/OSHA First-Aid Kit Rules Draw Firms’ Pushback Over Cost, Flexibility November 2 2022

Cal/OSHA Advances Stringent New General Industry Lead-Protection Rules October 17, 2022 (anonymous)

Employers Urge Changes to Draft Cal/OSHA Violence Standards August 5 2022 (COMMENTS ONLY)

Employers Detail Objections To Draft Cal/OSHA Workplace Violence Rule August 5 2022

Proposed Revival Of E-Reporting Rule Renews Debate On 2016 Policy July 6 2022 (Article contains COMMENTS)

OSHA Affirms Limits On Recordkeeping Exclusion For Commuting Injuries February 9 2022 (this article was Lee Anne Jillings responding to a question from PRR)

Miscellaneous:

Preventing Workplace Violence June 2022 ISHN

Google:

Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable Comment Letter May 17 2022 (Workplace Violence)

2021

U.S. Employers Wrestle with COVID Vaccine Requirements in Regulatory “Hairball” – Reuters – June 21, 2021

California Loosens COVID Mask Rules for Vaccinated Workers – Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2021

California Governor Pledges Consistent Workplace Mask Rules – Associated Press, June 11, 2021

Regulators Withdraw Controversial California Work Mask Rules – Associated Press, June 9, 2021

Even Vaccinated California Workers May Have to Keep Masks On – Medical XPress, June 3, 2021

California Considers Timing on Easing Workers’ Virus Rules – Associated Press, May 28, 2021

California Delays Debate on Dropping Mask, Physical Distancing Rules in the Workplace – ABC7 News (Video), May 20, 2021

California Delays Debate on Easing Virus Rules for Workers – Associated Press, May 20, 2021

COVID Reopening: Cal/OSHA Delays Debate on Lifting Virus Rules for Workers – CBS Bay Area News (Video), May 20, 2021