Robert Rodriguez and Karen Tynan | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart On November 4, 2025, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA Standards Board) filed its adopted revisions to regulations on construction safety orders for confined spaces. The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) recently approved the regulatory text at Title 8 CCR §§ 1951 through 1956, with… Continue reading New Cal/OSHA Standard for Confined Spaces in Construction Takes Effect on January 1, 2026
Category: OSHA
OSHA’s Aggressive Deregulatory Efforts Begin
Brandon Brigham, Kaiser Chowdhry, Thomas Cullen Wallace and Megan Lipsky | Morgan Lewis The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has begun what the US Department of Labor describes as “aggressive deregulatory efforts” to “put American workers and job creators first.” In response to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14192, titled “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation,” OSHA published 25… Continue reading OSHA’s Aggressive Deregulatory Efforts Begin
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto. But When it Comes to the CalOSHA Appeals Board, They Can Say it Any Way They Please
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog We lawyers do a fair amount of reading. Documents. Court decisions. Passive aggressive correspondence from opposing counsel. As well as statutes, regulations and administrative guidance. And you might be surprised how often words can be ascribed very different meanings depending on who is reading it. Such, I suppose,… Continue reading You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto. But When it Comes to the CalOSHA Appeals Board, They Can Say it Any Way They Please
OSHA Updates: New Submission Requirements for Injury and Illness Records
Ashley Meredith Strittmatter adn Chelsea N. Hayes | Construction Executive In a revival of an OSHA recordkeeping rule originally implemented under the Obama administration in 2016 and “rolled back” by the Trump administration in 2019, OSHA issued a final rule on July 21, 2023, requiring certain establishments in high-hazard industries to submit additional injury and… Continue reading OSHA Updates: New Submission Requirements for Injury and Illness Records
OSHA Issues Final Rule on Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Data
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued its final rule (Final Rule) on electronic submission of injury and illness information. The Final Rule applies to employers with 100 or more employees in certain high-hazard industries, including construction, and requires such employers to electronically submit injury and illness… Continue reading OSHA Issues Final Rule on Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Data