Profile: Kevin Bland

From dirt poor on a Missouri farm to building high-rises in Southern California to defending California employers in Cal/OSHA cases, Kevin Bland has seen and done a lot. Here’s his fascinating story.
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Legal or Illegal Nobody Knows Yet…
Flash: Unprecedented Action & Removed Activists re Indoor Heat Reg

It was a day of gigantic surprises for the Cal/OSHA Standards Board with the indoor heat illness regulation on, then off, then back on the docket.

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Flash: Norcal Lost its Only BOI Investigator
Published: March 15, 2024
Cal/OSHA’s Bureau of Investigations is now down to two personnel for the entire state with the resignation of a senior investigator.
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Flash: Historic Decision about Lead
A 14-year rulemaking journey reaches a conclusion with a Cal/OSHA vote on drastically revising its rules on lead exposure. Click here to learn what happened and the new requirements.
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Flash: DOSH Chief Resigns
Jeff Killip is leaving Cal/OSHA after less than two years leading the safety agency. Here’s what we know so far about this surprising development.
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Flash: Cal/OSHA Adopts Emergency Silica Rules
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Cal/OSHA adopts revised rules to address what some stakeholders say is a coming “storm” of silicosis cases in the engineered stone industry.

Flash: Cal/OSHA Will Have Silica ETS
Why did the Cal/OSHA Standards Board overrule its staff on a petition to develop an emergency regulation on silica exposures in the engineered stone industry? And what happens next? Click here to find out.
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Flash: Employers Cited in Half Moon Bay Massacre

Following a mass shooting at two San Mateo County mushroom farms, Cal/OSHA cites the employers for various violations. Here’s what the agency alleges.cal-osha.com/flash-report/e…

What made the Division of Occupational Safety and Health go to so far as to seek to expunge comments by a respected administrative law judge in an injury case. It's all about inspector bias.
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COSHO Murphine Testimony Impeached in Sea World Case
By: Kevin Thompson
Vol: 44 | No: 19 | Published: May 19, 2017

Here are some examples of what Sea World says are inconsistencies and bias on the part of a Cal/OSHA inspector.
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Flash: Indoor Heat Regulation Is Out
After years of waiting, Cal/OSHA finally unveils its regulatory proposal for indoor heat prevention. Here’s what it contains, and what happens next.
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Cal/OSHA Failed To Quash Bias Findings Against Its Investigator
Published: May 19, 2017
What made the Division of Occupational Safety and Health go to so far as to seek to expunge comments by a respected administrative law judge in an injury case.
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Flash: Cal/OSHA Finally Gets the Lead Proposal Out
More than a decade after first considering changes to Cal/OSHA’s lead standards, the agency has formally proposed sweeping revisions to the more than 40-year-old regulations. Here’s what they’re about.
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It's been a memorable half-century for Cal-OSHA Reporter - California's journal of record for the occupational safety and health community. Here's a brief look back at the milestones along the way.
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Flash: DOSH: No Non-Emergency COVID Exclusion Pay
California business is ecstatic that there will be no exclusion pay requirement in the new two year extended covid standard being adopted by Cal/OSHA.
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Huge Cal/OSHA Penalties in VPP Confined Space Fatality
Four employers face millions in penalties after a contractor’s employee dies from gas exposure. What happened and who are the employers? Click here to find out.
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In this commentary the Standards Board is alerted to serious problems with the emergency standard it appears about to pass. Putting a safety standards in an Injury and Illness Prevention Program – IIPP - is not what the authorizing statute intended.