OSHA

As more and more people get vaccinated and some workplaces mandate that their employees get the COVID vaccine, questions have begun to crop up regarding how to handle adverse reactions from an OSHA recordkeeping perspective. Below the agency answers Read more...

On April 9, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Doug Parker, the current chief of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), to serve as assistant secretary for occupational safety and health at the Department of Labor. Read more...

In response to President Biden's executive order on protecting worker health and safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a national emphasis program focusing enforcement efforts on companies that put the largest Read more...

The preliminary list of OSHA’s most frequently cited standards for fiscal year 2020 was unveiled by Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, during a Friday, Feb. 26, Safety+Health magazine webinar. Mostly Read more...

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced adjustments to OSHA civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2021. In 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act to advance the Read more...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that it is updating its inspection program that directs agency enforcement resources to establishments with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses. The Site-Specific Read more...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its fall regulatory agenda but things are likely to change when the Biden administration takes office. Three rules are currently in the final stage. These include: Procedures Read more...

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through early November, OSHA has issued citations arising from 204 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $2,856,533. Employers must be vigilant to meet Read more...

The Department of Labor has executed a region wide corporate settlement agreement with Target Corp. to correct exit access and storage hazards and enhance worker safety at about 200 of the retailer's stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey Read more...

The  Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule to amend the regulation addressing the rules of agency practice and procedure concerning OSHA access to employee medical records. The Rules of Read more...