A new court ruling significantly changes how far back OSHA can look for violations of its standard on recording employee injuries.
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Tags: OSHA injury logs, OSHA recordkeeping, Volks Constructors
More than one out of every five OSHA inspections result from employee complaints. Is your industry one of the top 10 that generate the most complaints?
Tags: employee complaints to OSHA, general contractors, injury, OSHA inspections, Recordkeeping, roofing, United States Postal Service, violation of an OSHA standard
Lowe’s has agreed to pay OSHA $90,000 to settle violations involving employee injury records at two locations.
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Tags: injury records, Lowe's, medical records
OSHA wants to make significant changes to its injury reporting regulations. One involves which companies have to report. The other involves the situations that have to be reported.
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Tags: amputations, fatalities, hospitalization, industrial classification, injury reporting
As part of President Obama’s executive order to simplify federal standards and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, OSHA has announced some changes.
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Tags: paperwork, President Obama, regulatory burden, streamlined rules
Earlier this year, a review panel addressed OSHA’s ability to issue fines for not having injury records that date back from more than the current year. Now OSHA has used its new authority to level an additional $40,000 in fines to one company.
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Tags: amputations, OSHRC, Recordkeeping, willful violation
On April 28, 2011, OSHA turned 40 years old. Is the agency suffering an early mid-life crisis?
Tags: Chamber of Commerce, i2p2, inspectors, job killer, maximum fines, mid-life crisis, OSHA 40-years-old, permissible exposure limits, retaliation, unions
A recent ruling by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) clarifies OSHA’s ability to fine companies for older recordkeeping violations.
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Tags: injury logs, OSHA logs, OSHRC, recordable injuries, Recordkeeping
A lot of debate will occur between this week’s announcement of President Obama’s proposed budget, including funding for OSHA, and the start of the new federal fiscal year on Oct. 1. Forget about that debate for now. Instead, take a look at what OSHA plans to do with its funding, especially if you own a small business.
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Tags: enforcement, inspections, OSHA budget, severe violators, small business
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a report on regulatory impediments to job creation. The report lists five OSHA proposals that business groups say would inhibit job growth.
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Tags: combustible dust, i2p2, musculoskeletal disorders, noise standard, on-site consultation
