On June 17, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board adopted revisions to the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards. Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order enabling the revisions to take effect without the normal 10-day review period by the Office of Administrative Law. The revised standards took effect [...]
With the State of California reopening on June 15, 2021, we wanted to share with you some new resources provided by the State. Please see links below for additional information and resources. Safely reopening California: https://covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/ California After June 15 Toolkit: California After June 15 California is Open Flyers Travel [...]
As we enter June, it seems Summer days are arriving sooner and sooner each year. This year, we have already seen temperatures as high as 110F in the valley. It is with this in mind, we remind and implore our districts to make sure they are implementing an effective Heat Illness [...]
Per OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting requirements, Saturday, February 1, 2020 is the deadline to tabulate your annual OSHA Log Summary (OSHA Form 300A) and post it in a common area where notices to employees are usually posted. This is the summary only (300A), not the OSHA 300 [...]
On January 1, 2020 Assembly Bill 218 will take effect in the State of California. This bill increases the statute of limitations related to third party civil suits in childhood sexual assault cases. Golden State Risk Management Authority (GSRMA) is committed to helping our members navigate and mitigate the impacts [...]
SHIPPING UPDATE: We have been advised that the estimated date of shipment for the 2020 Labor Law Posters is January 10, 2020. To assist our members with their compliance with State and Federal law, we provide the employee labor law posters for little or no cost. We have made a bulk [...]
The 15th GSRMA Annual Conference is a wrap! This year’s theme, “Vision”, is defined as the “the faculty or state of being able to see, or the ability to think about or plan for the future with imagination and wisdom.” The word, and its definition, embodies our goal for our interaction [...]
Congratulations to Madera Cemetery District for being selected as a 2019 American Cemetery Excellence award runner-up! American Cemetery & Cremation magazine highlighted this GSRMA member cemetery in their November 2019 issue along with cemeteries in New Orleans and Santiago, Chile. The article gives an excellent historical overview of the district and [...]
By participating in GSRMA's Risk Management Accreditation Program member agencies can earn an award of up to 10% of their current year's contribution, subject to a maximum of $50,000 per member agency per year for a score less than 10%, and a maximum of $75,000 per member agency per year, [...]
Congratulations to Stephen Wood, GSRMA's first Certified Safety Management Specialist (CSMS)! The CSMS is a designation awarded to those that have completed the nine-day Safety Management Specialist Program facilitated by the Safety Center. The course consists of completion of all course work and successfully passing the examination. The training topics [...]