Cal/OSHA Sets Hearing on Rules for Enterprise-Wide, Egregious Violations

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is holding a hearing Dec. 3 to take testimony on proposed rules that would implement Labor Code changes creating penalties for "enterprise-wide" and "egregious" violations. Senate Bill 606, signed in 2021, created the new classifications of citations. Enterprise-wide violations occur when an employer with more than one worksite either has a written policy and procedure that violates safety and health standards or exhibits a pattern or practice of the same violation or violations at more than one worksite. An egreg...