August 8, 2011 by Fred Hosier
July 21, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
June 24, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
June 15, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
June 8, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
May 2, 2011 by Fred Hosier
On April 28, 2011, OSHA turned 40 years old. Is the agency suffering an early mid-life crisis?
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Tags: Chamber of Commerce, i2p2, inspectors, job killer, maximum fines, mid-life crisis, OSHA 40-years-old, permissible exposure limits, retaliation, unions
March 21, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
February 21, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
February 14, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
November 29, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Scenario: A company failed to record an employee’s injury that happened more than four years ago. Can OSHA fine the company for that four years later?
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Tags: injury logs, OSHA fines, OSHRC, Recordkeeping, Volks Constructors
October 25, 2010 by Fred Hosier
OSHA administrator David Michaels says safety incentive programs based primarily on injury numbers often discourage employees from reporting injuries. Now Michaels has more support for that position.
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Tags: David Michaels, safety incentive programs, VPP, VPPPA
September 2, 2010 by Fred Hosier
OSHA fines over one-million dollars have become more common. But here’s one with a twist: It’s not for workplace hazards — it’s for recordkeeping violations.
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Tags: million-dollar fine, national emphasis program, Recordkeeping
June 15, 2010 by Jim Burger
OSHA has an explicit new message for the millions of workers who participate in the agency’s outreach training program: We’re on your side.
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Tags: David Michaels, Injuries, OSHA
May 4, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Workplace cameras captured a practice used by several workers at a Cintas laundry facility in Tulsa, OK: They’d climb onto large conveyors to dislodge stuck piles of clothing going into industrial dryers. One camera also recorded Eleazar Torres Gomez as he was pulled into one of the dryers — an incident that led to his death.
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Tags: Cintas, David Michaels, dramatic video, incentive programs, pulled into dryer
April 5, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A worker reports an injury. An investigation shows the injury was caused because the worker ignored a safety rule. Under company policy, the employee is disciplined. Now, other workers aren’t reporting injuries because they don’t want to be disciplined. What do you do?
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Tags: disciplining workers, OSHA cracking down, reporting workplace injuries
October 22, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Now that OSHA is keeping an eye out for incentive programs that discourage workers from reporting injuries, what can you do to encourage safe practices?
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Tags: encourage safe practices, incentive programs, report injuries
August 31, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Once OSHA finds significant safety violations at one facility, it’s likely to go after other locations owned by the same company.
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Tags: fast moving machinery, OSHA fines, Sims Bark, Sims Stone, struck by equipment
July 30, 2009 by Jim Burger
Does OSHA work for working people? No way, says David Michaels — the man President Obama will nominate to run the agency.
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Tags: agenda, David Michaels, OSHA
July 2, 2009 by Fred Hosier
For the last eight years, OSHA has de-emphasized recordkeeping inspections. That’s about to change.
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Tags: American Society of Safety Engineers, Jordan Barab, OSHA recordkeeping inspections
July 1, 2009 by Fred Hosier
For the last eight years, OSHA has de-emphasized recordkeeping inspections. That’s about to change.
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Tags: ASSE, Hilda Solis, Jordan Barab, OSHA NEP, OSHA recordkeeping
January 21, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Businesses have until Feb. 1 to post their annual injury and illness summary as required by OSHA.
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Tags: injury and illness summary, OSHA Form 300A, recordable injuries
January 19, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Various OSHA standards require employers to have written safety programs. Would a company satisfy such a requirement by keeping the documents solely in an electronic format?
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Tags: electronic records, OSHA, standard interpretation letter
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