Cal/OSHA
UCLA Panel to Discuss Condoms in Porn Thursday
UCLA’s Reproductive Health Interest Group and Law Students for Reproductive Justice will present a panel tomorrow morning on condoms in the adult film industry.
FSC Comments on Cal/OSHA Advisory Meeting in Oakland
FSC Executive Director Diane Duke today attended the Cal/OSHA advisory meeting on bloodborne pathogen regulation for the adult industry.
Porn, Health Advocates Discuss Mandating Condoms on Sets
Various porn industry representatives and public health advocates gathered for the fourth Cal/OSHA meeting to discuss strengthening current state health regulations to better address the adult industry.
Medical Protocols, Condoms Remain Central Issues at Cal/OSHA Meeting
Strict medical protocols and bloodbourne pathogen regulations for adult industry productions remained the central focus of the latest Cal/OSHA subcommittee meeting.
AHF Targets 100 Flynt Videos in Complaint to Cal/OSHA
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation plans tomorrow to submit additional complaints to state occupational safety officials complaints over condomless production shoots.
Cal/OSHA Looks at Computer Training for Porn Performers
The Cal/OSHA standards board held its first subcommittee meeting in response to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s petition to amend state health code standard to more specifically address the adult industry and the safety of workers.
Cal/OSHA Holds Performer-Safety Meeting Tomorrow in L.A.
Cal/OSHA will hold a subcommittee meeting tomorrow to discuss proposed performer-safety standards for the adult industry.
Tempers Flare Over Performer Safety
About a 100 adult industry professionals packed a meeting room in downtown Los Angeles this morning for the first Cal/OSHA advisory panel to modify current state health code to provide maximum safety for adult performers.
FSC, Industry Stakeholders to Attend Cal-OSHA Meeting
The Free Speech Coalition plans on attending a Cal-OSHA advisory meeting with a group of industry representatives next month to discuss bloodborne pathogen regulations for the adult biz.
Cal/OSHA, 6-0, Votes to Examine State Labor Code
The Cal/OSHA standards board voted unanimously to create an advisory committee which will determine whether to amend section 5193 of the state’s safety regulations to better protect adult actors.
The CAL-OSHA Story
In 2008, Cal-OSHA began to focus its attention on the adult entertainment industry. A handful of companies were visited by Cal-OSHA and were cited for everything from exposed electrical cords to expired fire extinguishers. Most companies are unaware that OSHA requires all businesses to have a workplace safety manual and workplace safety training. In response to the need for information about workplace safety and OSHA requirements, FSC developed a basic workplace safety manual for adult entertainment industry businesses to use as a guide in creating their own workplace safety manuals.
Cal-OSHA Can't Seek AIM Healthcare Medical Records
A judge last week OK'd a protective order sought by "Patient Zero" over five years’ worth of information from the AIM Healthcare Foundation that Cal-OSHA had been seeking.
AIDS Healthcare Announces Cal/OSHA Complaint
Representatives of AHF held a press conference today to announce plans to file a Cal/OSHA complaint against 16 adult production companies for not using condoms.
AHF to File Cal-OSHA Complaints Against 16 Adult Entertainment Studios
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation intends to file formal complaints against 16 adult entertainment companies tomorrow with (Cal-OSHA) in order to push for mandatory condom legislation in porn.
Cal/OSHA Visits AIM
State health and safety investigators inspected Adult Industry Medical Healthcare offices yesterday.
Cal/OSHA 'Moving Forward' on HIV Positive Performer Investigation
"We don't know who the employer is or who was infected, but as soon as we get that information we can start," Cal/OSHA spokesperson Dean Fryer told XBIZ.
Cal-OSHA Rep Visits Naughty America Set
Naughty America's Dusty Lillo has confirmed to XBIZ that a Cal-OSHA representative visited an NA set last week — a move that could signal increased vigilance of on-set working conditions by the state's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Cal/OSHA Rules for Adult
Information from the State of California Department of Occupational Safety and Health pertaining directly to requirements for the adult industry.
Cal/OSHA Fines Adult Video Companies
The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) has issued steep fines against two porn companies for allegedly failing to protect three employees from health hazards on the film set of "Split That Booty 2," which starred Darren James, Jessica Dee and Lara Roxx.