Former building inspector faces prison time for fake safety certificates
A former buildings inspector has been arrested for selling fake safety certificates for required OSHA training.
A former buildings inspector has been arrested for selling fake safety certificates for required OSHA training.
Members of Congress should have some idea about how difficult it is to comply completely with OSHA standards: Only 28% of their offices do so.
At least one state made good on threats to fine healthcare facilities if they didn’t protect their employees by following H1N1 flu standards.
In the first year of the Obama administration, OSHA was busy handing out fines the likes of which hadn’t been seen for eight years. Here’s our rundown of 10 significant fines from the last 12 months, and what they mean for businesses:
A construction company faces $789,000 in fines and its owner could spend up to six months in jail following a worker fatality.
The owner of a tree removal company faces three to seven years in a state prison for creating workplace conditions that led to a worker fatality.
OSHA has issued several citations to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon in connection with an incident in which an employee was killed by a falling tree.
The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association has a message for its members and anyone else interested in OSHA compliance assistance: Don’t worry, it isn’t going anywhere.
The writing was on the wall when OSHA said last year it was reviewing its Voluntary Protection Program. But now it’s official: The program is slated to get less funding in the President’s proposed 2011 budget.