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fromSnowBrains
22 hours ago

State Regulators Hold Mammoth Mountain, CA, Responsible for Fatal 2025 Avalanche Involving Ski Patroller - SnowBrains

Mammoth Mountain Ski Area was fined $26,810 by Cal/OSHA for failing to implement adequate safety protocols that led to a ski patroller's death in an avalanche.
California
fromThe Mercury News
5 months ago

Walters: California businesses, lawmakers turn up heat in battle over workplace temperatures

AB 1336 would presume work-related heat illness merits workers' compensation when employers fail to follow heat-safety standards; Gov. Newsom's signature remains pending.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 months ago

Walters: California businesses, lawmakers turn up heat in battle over workplace temperatures

In political jargon, heat means pressure on politicians to do something they may be reluctant, for whatever reason, to do. But heat itself high temperatures, sometimes in triple digits, that afflict inland California each summer is a political issue with life-and-death consequences. Assembly Bill 1336, now awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature or veto, is the latest skirmish in a decades-long conflict over protecting workers from heat effects on their health, whether they work outdoors or inside.
California
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