The state workplace safety investigation follows the rescue of five workers who were at New Colgate Powerhouse when the deluge of water unleashed.

California safety officials are launching an investigation into the tour company at the center of Tuesday's catastrophic avalanche near Lake Tahoe's Castle Peak.

Legislators grilled officials with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal-OSHA, this week about a recent scathing audit released in July, which found that severe staffing shortages ...

Crews will have to pause their efforts in trying to recover the bodies of the skiers who died in an avalanche, the Nevada ...

On Friday, February 13, 2026, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued a notice of ...

A superior court judge ordered a Yuba County Sheriff's lieutenant to cooperate with state workplace investigators as a legal battle continues between the sheriff's office and the California Division ...

The California State Auditor’s latest review of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, pointed to many serious shortcomings. As is typical, state officials blame staffing ...

The watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has filed a complaint with federal OSHA to call attention to California OSHA’s diminished staffing ranks. Citing an analysis by ...

California farm groups and ag-tech advocates are urging the Cal/OSHA Health and Safety Standards Board to slow down and rethink its new blueprint for regulating autonomous agricultural equipment, ...

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