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National Safety 

Stand-Down

To Prevent Falls in Construction

May 5 - 9, 2025

Fatalities caused by falls from elevation continue to be a leading cause of death for construction employees, accounting for 421 of the 1,075 construction fatalities recorded in 2023 (BLS data). Those deaths were preventable. The National Safety Stand-Down raises fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to stop fall fatalities and injuries. 

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2025 Annual Adjustments to OSHA Civil Penalties 

A summary of the proposed civil penalties are listed below: 

Below are the minimum and maximum amounts for proposed civil penalties:

Serious Violation - $1,221 per violation (min) & 16,550 per violation (max);

Other - Than-Serious - $0 per violation (min) & 16,550 per violation (max);

Willful or Repeated - $11,823 per violation (min) & 165,514 per violation (max);

Posting Requirements - $0 per violation (min) & 16,550 per violation (max); and

Failure to Abate - N/A(min) & $16,550 per day unabated beyond the abatement date [generally limited to 30 days maximum] (max).

For more information, go to https://www.osha.gov/memos/2025-01-07/2025-annual-adjustments-osha-civil-penalties

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NEWS RELEASES

December 11, 2024

Department of Labor finalizes rule on proper fit requirements for personal protective equipment in construction

For more information Click Here

June 21, 2024

Standards Board Adopts Standard to Protect Workers from Indoor Heat

For more information Click Here 

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Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry

Workplace violence includes threats or acts of physical violence at work and is a serious concern for employers and workers. The latest data shows in 2021, 57 working people died from acts of workplace violence in California.  In the U.S., an average of 1.3 million nonfatal violent crimes in the workplace occurred annually from 2015 to 2019. For further details see Indicators of Workplace Violence, 2019 (published 2022).

Cal/OSHA is developing a new regulation on Workplace Violence Prevention that will apply to most workplaces in California.

The regulation is currently being drafted based on input from two public meetings and two rounds of written comments.  To receive updates and provide feedback on the draft regulation, email Principal Safety Engineer Kevin Graulich at KGraulich@dir.ca.gov

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Workplace Safety Training Required for California Entertainment Events 

Effective January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill (AB) 1775 implements new workplace safety training and certification requirements for entertainment events vendors who produce live events at public events venues.  All employees involved in setting up, operating, or tearing down the live event at the venue have completed the Cal/OSHA-10, the OSHA-10/General Entertainment Safety training, or the OSHA-10 as applicable to their occupation.  These are 10-hour training courses developed by Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA pertaining to workplace safety.

Specifically, any business that contracts with the entertainment events vendor to set up, operate, or tear down a live event at a public events venue must require the vendor to certify in writing, for its employees and the employees of any subcontractors, the following:

(1) All employees involved in setting up, operating, or tearing down the live event at the venue have completed the Cal/OSHA-10, the OSHA-10/General Entertainment Safety training, or the OSHA-10 as applicable to their occupation. These are 10-hour training courses developed by Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA pertaining to workplace safety.

(2) Additionally, the vendor must certify one of the following:

·         All department heads and leads have completed the Cal/OSHA-30, the OSHA-30/General Entertainment Safety training, or the OSHA-30, and are certified through the Entertainment Technician Certification Program relevant to the task(s) they are supervising or performing, or another certification program.

·         Alternatively, the vendor can certify that its employees and any subcontractors’ employees meet the conditions for a skilled and trained workforce as that term is defined in Section 2601 of the Public Contract Code.

For purposes of these additional requirements, a “public events venue” means a state-operated fairground, county fairground, state park, California State University, University of California, or auxiliary organization-run facility that hosts live events.

For more information regarding this legislation go to:

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1775

Montgomery Investigations has the trained staff capable of providing this training.

If you have any questions or would like additional information regarding our company's qualifications and capabilities, please do not hesitate to call us or contact us at:

info@montgomeryinvestigations.com

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