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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 Turns Up the Heat on Employers with New Proposed Rule

Venable LLP on 8/2/2024

Last summer, we described efforts of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and several states to protect workers from heat stress hazards. In July of this year, OSHA issued a notice for a proposed rule,...more

Latest Updates From Today’s Cal/Osha Standards Board Meeting

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 4/19/2024

While today’s Standards Board meeting did not have the same drama of the last one, it was not without newsworthy topics. Indoor Heat - Eric Berg, Deputy Chief of Health at Cal/OSHA, provided an update on the status of the...more

OSH Law Primer, Part IV: The General Duty Clause

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/3/2024

This series of articles is intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and how both influence...more

OSHA Releases a New Process Safety Management “Enforcement Manual”

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 2/19/2024

For a relatively quiet 2023, 2024 is starting off with a bang. While we are keeping our eyes and ears open on these and any other relevant developments, we wanted to provide a summary of the key highlights from Fed OSHA’s new...more

New Occupational Safety and Health Administration Injury Reporting Rules

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/10/2024

To improve the tracking of workplace illnesses and injuries, OSHA on January 2, 2024 began requiring electronic submission of OSHA Forms 300 and 301. Additionally, the following new changes and requirements go into effect,...more

OSHA Expands Electronic Injury/Illness Data Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/18/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has announced new rules requiring a broad range of employers to electronically submit additional injury and illness information in 2024....more

Certain Employers in Ontario Are Now Required to Have Naloxone Kits at Their Workplace

Mintz on 6/6/2023

New changes to Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”) require employers to provide naloxone kits at their workplaces under certain circumstances. Naloxone is a drug that temporarily reverses the symptoms of an...more

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 5, May 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/31/2023

US Lawmakers Call to Modernize OSHA as Hundreds Die on the Job Each Day - “Reintroduced federal legislation pushes to expand Osha coverage in 24 states not currently covered by the act.” Why this is important: On...more

Construction Employers: Beware the Ides of March

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/1/2023

Construction continues to be one of the deadliest industries in the United States, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) is heavily targeting construction workplaces. In 2022, OSHA inspected...more

2022 Environmental, Health, and Safety Outlook for Manufacturers

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 1/20/2022

Last week, Jeff kicked off our 2022 outlook for manufacturers, covering corporate compliance and litigation. This week, I am turning to the environmental, health, and safety issues that may occupy the minds and the time of...more

South Carolina OSHA Announces Intent to Develop General Infectious Disease Standard

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 7/26/2021

On Tuesday, the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation announced its intent to develop a general OSHA standard intended to address workplace hazards from all infectious diseases in the workplace. The...more

OSHA Publishes Updated COVID-19 Guidance

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 6/24/2021

On June 21, 2021, OSHA made big news by publishing its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for the Healthcare Industry (ETS). While the ETS does not apply to most manufacturing facilities, OSHA also updated its general...more

Manufacturers and Sand-Blasters Beware! OSHA Provides Guidance for Planned Enforcement of Beryllium Standards

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/7/2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Interim Enforcement Guidance for the 2020 Final Beryllium Standards applies to all types of beryllium inspections....more

President Biden to Nominate Douglas L. Parker, Chief of Cal/OSHA, to Lead Federal OSHA

Littler on 4/19/2021

On April 9, 2021, President Biden announced that he intends to nominate Douglas L. Parker to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Mr. Parker is currently the chief of California’s Division of Occupational...more

OSHA's COVID-19 National Emphasis Program and Enforcement Response Plan – Targeted Inspections to Begin by March 26, 2021

FordHarrison on 3/24/2021

On January 21, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order directing the Department of Labor’s launch of a national program to focus OSHA enforcement efforts related to COVID-19 on hazardous conditions that put the...more

Be Prepared For Increase In COVID-19 Inspections Under OSHA’s New National Emphasis Program

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 3/24/2021

On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) designed to significantly reduce worker exposure to COVID-19 by targeting industries and worksites...more

OSHA Signals Intent to Prioritize General Infectious Disease Safety Standard

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/26/2021

With all the recent discussion over the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration planning to issue a temporary COVID-19 safety standard, employers may not recall that the agency has had a more general infectious...more

How Will OSHA COVID-19 Safety Standard Treat Shifting CDC Guidelines?

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/19/2021

Under an executive order issued in the first days of the Biden administration, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been tasked with deciding whether a nationwide workplace COVID-19 infection...more

President Biden Instructs OSHA to Increase COVID-19 Protections for Workers

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/29/2021

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden issued an executive order instructing the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue revised workplace safety guidance intended to increase protections for...more

‘My Favorite Murder’ Podcast: Workplace Disasters and the Rise of OSHA

FordHarrison on 1/21/2021

As we all try to social distance during the pandemic, the additional time at home has had me searching for new content to stay engaged. During the course of this search, I recently stumbled upon “My Favorite Murder,” a hit...more

OSHA COVID-19 Update

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 11/5/2020

As COVID-19 cases have continued to rise across the United States, so have COVID-related OSHA complaints and investigations. OSHA has been tracking statistics on COVID-related complaints, referrals, inspections, and citations...more

Significant Increase in OSHA Whistleblower Complaints and Caseloads Due to COVID-19

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 9/4/2020

Since at least March, manufacturers, and the entire U.S. economy, have been experiencing unprecedented conditions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has not only changed where and how manufacturers operate, but...more

OSHA Reminds Employers Of Duty To Protect Employees From Heat Exposure

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/7/2020

The arrival of the hot summer season brings the risks and dangers of heat exposure for many employees throughout the United States. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a reminder to employers...more

COVID-19 Update: FDA Issues Guidance for Food and Agriculture Sector Businesses on the Use of Masks and What to Do if a Worker is...

Hogan Lovells on 5/1/2020

This post summarizes two recent documents the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued for the Food and Agriculture Sector in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The first, “Use of Respirators, Facemasks, and Cloth Face...more

Construction: The Most Hazardous Industry

Poyner Spruill LLP on 2/18/2020

The construction industry continues to be the most hazardous industry in the State of North Carolina according to the North Carolina Department of Labor. While 2018 had been the deadliest year for the state’s construction...more

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