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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 Issues Updated Guidance on Site-Specific Targeting Inspections

Littler on 5/22/2025

On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release updating the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program focusing on workplaces with the highest...more

Workplace Safety Officials Provide New Guidance on When You Must Report Musculoskeletal Injuries

Fisher Phillips on 7/2/2024

When are employee musculoskeletal illnesses and injuries required to be recorded and reported to federal workplace safety officials? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a new memorandum...more

COVID-19: US OSHA Issues Much-Anticipated COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard for Private Employers

BCLP on 11/5/2021

Nearly two months after President Biden announced that a federal emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) regarding a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers would be forthcoming, the Occupational Safety and Health...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Rule for Health Care Industry and Guidance for Other Industries

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/14/2021

In response to President Biden’s January 2021 Executive Order, OSHA finally issues a proposed emergency temporary standard, albeit for the health care industry only. Health care industry is to comply with most provisions...more

New OSHA Guidance for Recording Obligations When Mandating Vaccination

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/11/2021

This is an update to Holland & Knight's previous blog, "Employers May Encourage Employees to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine, But Requiring it Raises Issues," April 26, 2021. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...more

Workplace Law Lowdown | Recording Adverse Employee Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccines

Bodman on 4/29/2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has issued guidance on when an employer must record an employee’s adverse COVID-19 vaccine reaction in its OSHA 300 Log....more

New OSHA Guidance Calls For Recordkeeping If COVID-19 Vaccines Are Mandatory

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/23/2021

In a February 2021 alert, we addressed many of the employment issues surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, including when it may be permissible to require the vaccine, the duty to allow for exceptions to such a rule and...more

OSHA’s New Guidance on Recordability of COVID-19 Vaccine Reactions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/22/2021

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has answered a question that has been troubling employers since the pace of vaccinations started to accelerate: when must an employer record an adverse reaction to...more

OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance

WilmerHale on 2/3/2021

On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated guidance aimed at helping employers implement COVID-19 Prevention Programs to better identify workplace risks that could lead to...more

OSHA Releases COVID-19 Workplace Health and Safety Guidance

Foley Hoag LLP on 2/2/2021

On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued detailed health and safety guidance to inform employers and employees of recommended strategies to mitigate the risk of exposure to...more

OSHA’s New Guidance on COVID-19 Reporting Obligations

Snell & Wilmer on 10/26/2020

The construction industry is no stranger to reporting regulations when it comes to work-related injuries. Under the general rule, employers must report work-related in-patient hospitalizations that occur within 24 hours of...more

OSHA Clarifies Reporting Requirement for COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations and Fatalities With New FAQs

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/6/2020

On September 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a new series of answers to its “COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) guidance relating to an...more

COVID-19 Reporting: An Employer’s Nightmare

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/5/2020

It is an unfortunate outcome of this pandemic that in the OSHA world, guidance lags behind enforcement. While state and federal agencies try to make up their minds on the best way of managing COVID-19 threats in the...more

OSHA (Again) Publishes New FAQs On Reporting Coronavirus In-Patient Hospitalizations

Fisher Phillips on 10/2/2020

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just published its newest series of answers to its COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing when an employer must report to OSHA an employee’s...more

Further Guidance: My Employee (May) Have COVID-19. What Do I Record for OSHA?

Butler Snow LLP on 7/30/2020

Earlier this Spring, OSHA instituted employer recording requirements to document employees who contract COVID-19. Those requirements have been updated multiple times since their inception...more

Three-Step Guide For Determining Whether COVID-19 Cases Are Work Related

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/22/2020

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) requires employers to record work-related injuries and illnesses, including confirmed cases of COVID-19. However, because employees experience potential exposure both...more

OSHA Issues New FAQs On Reporting Coronavirus Cases

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/17/2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued new Frequently Asked Questions addressing when employers governed by the federal agency must report work-related cases of COVID-19. The most significant new...more

OSHA Reverses Course on Employers’ Obligation to Report Cases of COVID-19

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/5/2020

Businesses required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to maintain a log of work-related injuries and illnesses - referred to as an “OSHA 300 Log” - must now pay additional attention to whether...more

OSHA issues new guidance for determining and reporting work-related COVID-19 cases

McAfee & Taft on 5/29/2020

On May 26, 2020, OSHA issued revised guidance regarding the reporting of COVID-19 cases... OSHA recordkeeping requirements mandate covered employers record certain work-related injuries and illnesses on their OSHA 300 log....more

OSHA Updates Rules, Requires Most Employers to Determine Whether COVID-19 Cases Are Work-Related

Foley Hoag LLP on 5/22/2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has changed its policy for employer recording of COVID-19 cases among its workforce. OSHA’s new policy rescinds prior guidance announced in April 2020 (discussed...more

OSHA Guidance on Preparing to Return to Work Includes Recommendations for White Collar Businesses

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 5/18/2020

The Occupational Health and Safety Act (the OHS) was signed into law in 1970 and established the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), as part of the U.S. Department of Labor. Under the so-called "general...more

OSHA’s Latest Guidance for Employers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Butler Snow LLP on 4/30/2020

Over the last few months, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has continued to provide guidance addressing safety concerns in the workplace in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last month...more

OSHA Provides Recordkeeping Guidance To Employers For COVID-19 Cases

Fisher Phillips on 4/13/2020

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration just issued guidance for enforcing OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements for COVID-19 cases. OSHA recordkeeping requirements mandate covered employers record...more

OSHA Withdraws Guidance on Accident Avoidance Incentives and Post-Accident Drug Testing

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 12/5/2018

During the Obama presidency, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued interpretation memoranda that called into question the legality of common employer programs intended to reduce accident rates. This...more

OSHA 180°? Agency Clarifies its Position on Workplace Safety Incentive Programs and Drug Testing Policies

Bowditch & Dewey on 11/19/2018

The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) recently issued a Standard Interpretation memorandum (the “New Guidance”) to clarify the agency’s position on whether workplace safety incentive programs and...more

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