SB 20: Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone.

This bill aims to expand California's occupational safety and health standards to address the risks associated with artificial stone. The bill would add silicosis and silica-related lung cancer to the list of serious injuries and illnesses, and would impose stricter regulations on high-exposure trigger tasks related to artificial stone. Employers would be required to use effective wet methods when performing these tasks, and would need to provide training to employees who will perform high-exposure tasks. The division of occupational safety and health would enforce these provisions, and would issue citations and civil penalties for non-compliance. The bill would also require the state department of public health to consider reports of silicosis related to occupational exposure to artificial stone as serious illnesses, and would subject employers to investigation and notification. The di…