Cal/OSHA Readies Rule To Toughen Fines, Citations Under 2021 Statute

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August 6, 2024 at 04:27 PM
California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) is beginning a rulemaking process to toughen its enforcement policies by creating new citations for “enterprise-wide” and “egregious” violations, and substantially hiking potential monetary penalties on companies -- steps mandated by a 2021 state law but which the agency is only now preparing to implement.