Bill Seeks to Address Understaffing at Cal/OSHA

A California lawmaker introduced legislation that seeks to address the shortage in the Division of Occupational Safety and Health's enforcement division. Assemblymember Tina McKinnor's AB 694, filed in February, proposed that the Department of Industrial Relations contract with the University of California, Berkeley's Labor Occupational Health and the University of California, Los Angeles' Labor Occupational Safety and Health programs for a study to evaluate understaffing and develop a strategy for training inspectors. On March 24, the Inglewood Democrat a...