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Report Link California Issues First-in-the-Nation Infectious Airborne Diseases Regulation.
Jackson Lewis LLP - August 06, 2009
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) has issued an aerosol transmissible disease standard, the nation's first workplace standard designed to protect workers in high-risk environments from aerosol (airborne and droplet) transmitted diseases (“ATD”). New California Code of Regulations, Title 8, section 5199, effective August 5, would require covered employers, such as healthcare and related workplaces, to develop control measures that would reduce the risk of infection for employees, based on the nature of the exposure and the type of work setting.
Report Link Preventing Pandemics in the Workplace: Cal/OSHA's New Regulations on Aerosol Transmissible Diseases and What They Mean for Certain Employers.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - July 31, 2009
Cal/OSHA's proposed standard on aerosol transmissible diseases (ATDs), such as tuberculosis, SARS, measles, or pandemic flu, was approved by the Office of Administrative Law on July 7, 2009, and became the first such regulation in the country.1 The new standard, effective August 5, 2009, applies mainly to facilities in the health care industry and to specific other operations where employees may come into contact with certain types of aerosol transmissible diseases, such as correctional facilities, homeless shelters, drug treatment programs, and pathology laboratories. The regulation aims to protect against the spread of certain aerosol transmissible diseases, and requires that covered employers take precautionary measures to avoid their transmission. A complete list of the diseases is found in Appendix A of the standard. In addition, another regulation sets forth a zoonotics standard, applicable to facilities or operations that handle animals or animal byproducts (not including restaurants or other businesses for which the animals are only handled for human consumption and that have passed a USDA or CDFA inspection as such).
Report Link Cal/OSHA Warns Employers About Heat Illness Safety Compliance.
Barker Olmsted & Barnier - June 05, 2009
In a recent press release, Cal/OSHA has reminded employers to implement heat illness prevention policies, and warns them about agency enforcement measures.
Report Link Cal/OSHA Update: Reminder To California Employers To Post Form 300A.
Barker Olmsted & Barnier - February 04, 2009
The Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DIR/DOSH) has issued a press release reminding California employers to post at their place of business a summary of work-related injuries and illnesses during 2008. Is your company required to post?
Report Link Heat Illness Prevention Regulation for California Employers Made Permanent.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - August 16, 2006
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has approved permanent Heat Illness Prevention regulations, replacing temporary emergency regulations adopted in 2005. The regulations were prompted by a significant increase in the number of heat-related incidents reported to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health.
Report Link Increased Liability to Third Parties From CAL-OSHA Violations.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - January 04, 2005
For more than thirty years, references to California Occupational Safety and Health Act (Cal-OSHA) statutes and regulations have been barred in employee negligence actions against companies that were not their employers.

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