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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged... more +

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

Fisher Phillips’ Win Over State OSHA Quota Plan Could Help Employers Across the Country

Fisher Phillips on 5/23/2023

When Fisher Phillips attorneys recently secured a key victory over a state OSHA plan that was improperly trying to create a quota system to encourage investigators to issue citations and assess penalties, it opened the door...more

“What’s That Buzzing Overhead?” Don’t Get Stung By An OSHA Safety Inspection Drone

Fisher Phillips on 1/9/2019

When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum in 2018 announcing that agency inspectors are now authorized to use camera-carrying Unmanned Aircraft Systems—or drones—to collect evidence...more

Dig This! OSHA Renews Its Focus on Trenching and Excavation

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/12/2018

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) officially kicked off its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Trenching and Excavation on October 1, 2018. With the NEP comes enhanced enforcement, education, and a new...more

OSHA Inspections are on the Rise: Will You Be Ready?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/1/2017

As employers, manufacturers are aware of their responsibility for knowing the safety standards applicable to their businesses. But many do not understand their rights and obligations during the inspection process. In recent...more

Georgia Magistrate Judge Limits OSHA Safety Inspections in Poultry Plants

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/26/2016

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is fighting a Gainesville, Georgia, magistrate judge’s recommendation that would restrict its new regional worker-safety program aimed at poultry processing facilities....more

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