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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 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 -

OSHA Is Still Enforcing 4-Hour Rule For OSHA 300 Logs, But Reins In Area Offices On “Double Reporting”

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 3/31/2021

With the number of on-site inspections and citations declining during the 2020 pandemic, it appeared that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration began issuing more citations for recordkeeping-related...more

Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Medical...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/19/2020

The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a January 2nd interpretive letter a question regarding the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to...more

OSHA Rescinds Policy Allowing Union Access to Nonunionized Facilities

Kilpatrick on 5/3/2017

On April 25, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) rescinded a four-year-old policy allowing unions to participate in OSHA safety and health inspections at nonunionized facilities. Under a...more

OSHA Withdraws Fairfax Memo

Fisher Phillips on 5/1/2017

OSHA has provided notice, in the context of an on-going federal lawsuit, (National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Dougherty, N.D. Tex., No. 16-2568, 4/27/17), that it has rescinded the interpretation letter and...more

Business Group Challenge to OSHA Interpretation Survives Motion to Dismiss and Leaves Serious Questions About Continued Viability...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/14/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a victory for employers, a Texas federal court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging an OSHA interpretation under which non-employee union representatives were permitted to participate in OSHA...more

Alcohol-Related Workplace Injuries Recordable, OSHA Says

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/2/2016

Employers are not exempt from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s reporting rule for on-the-job injuries linked to alcohol intoxication even though the injured employee’s consumption of alcoholic beverages...more

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