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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 -

Senate Bill 20: Continuing Developments in the Stone Fabrication Industry

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/18/2025

On December 29, 2023, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board instituted an emergency regulation to address occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica. This regulation addressed additional...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 Injury and Illness Reporting: What Employers Need to Know

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/6/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Most employers understand that they are required to report serious injuries and illnesses to OSHA shortly after they occur. Even employers in low hazard industries who are not required to keep written OSHA...more

Permanent Healthcare COVID-19 Standard Update: OSHA Sets Hearing Date on Deviations to Proposed Rule

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/30/2022

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has partially reopened the record on the rulemaking for the permanent healthcare COVID-19 standard, known as the rule on “Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare...more

D.C. Court of Appeals Panel to Hear Argument for Reinstating Healthcare ETS

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/21/2022

On April 4, 2022, a merits panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on a petition seeking to force OSHA to issue a permanent standard for healthcare occupational exposure to COVID-19 and to...more

New OSHA COVID-19 Rule Changes Reporting Requirements for Hospitalizations and Deaths

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/12/2021

Most of the heat and light surrounding the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) involve the mandatory vaccination or test requirements. However, the rule contains a...more

OSHA Proposes Changes to Align Hazard Communication Standard with GHS Revision 7

Littler on 3/1/2021

On February 16, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to update its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)....more

OSHA Issues Coronavirus-Related Citations

Troutman Pepper Locke on 11/3/2020

As we all continue to adjust to the “new normal” brought on by COVID-19, employers across the country are recovering from the whiplash caused by the (at times contradictory) rules and regulations federal, state, and local...more

Deadline for Opposing Oregon OSHA’s Proposed Increase in Penalties and Changes to Eliminate Various Defenses is October 30, 2020

Stoel Rives LLP on 10/28/2020

Oregon OSHA has proposed new and sweeping changes to its regulations. These changes are designed to make it much easier for Oregon OSHA to uphold an alleged “serious” violation of the regulations....more

OSHA Issues Guidance for Prompt Reporting of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Fatalities

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/20/2020

On Sept. 30, 2020, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued guidance clarifying employers’ obligations to report COVID-19 cases resulting in hospitalization or death. Under the new guidance,...more

Does Trump’s COVID-19 Case Need To Be Reported To OSHA? What Employers Can Learn From President’s Illness

Fisher Phillips on 10/12/2020

President Donald Trump’s recent hospitalization at the Walter Reed Medical Center has captured the American public’s attention, especially given the potential implications with the election less than a month away. But for...more

OSHA Issues Sobering Reminder to Employers About Reporting COVID-19 Related Fatalities and Hospitalizations

Franczek P.C. on 10/6/2020

As if employers aren’t already tested managing the challenges of the pandemic, on September 30, OSHA updated its COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions to remind employers about their duty to report and record COVID-19 related...more

OSHA Issues Frequently Asked Questions Regarding COVID-19 Reporting Obligations

Littler on 10/6/2020

On September 30, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding an employer’s obligation to report to OSHA cases of work-related COVID-19. The FAQs...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

Adding A Dash Of PPE Into Your IIPP: A California Employer’s Recipe For Employee Health And Safety

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 8/31/2020

I am amazed at how often business owners are surprised to learn that all employers in California are required to prepare, implement and inform employees about the employer’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). Are...more

New Mexico Implements Employer Reporting Rule for COVID-19 Cases

Littler on 8/10/2020

In addition to other measures New Mexico is taking to try to control the coronavirus pandemic, effective August 5, 2020, the Occupational Health and Safety Bureau of the New Mexico Environment Department (NM OSHA) implemented...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

California Employers Face Broader Recording and Reporting Obligations for COVID-19 Illnesses

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 6/22/2020

Guidance issued by the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) sets forward strict obligations for recording and reporting occupational injuries and illnesses for...more

OSHA Issues Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recordingkeeping of COVID-19 Cases

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/4/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted a Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of COVID-19. Under the OSHA regulations and the revised guidance, most cases of...more

Week in Review - What You Need to Know

Burr & Forman on 6/1/2020

OSHA Now Requires Employers to Make Work Related Determinations in COVID-19 Cases - On May 19, 2020, OSHA issued a memorandum to its Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees. This new guidance went into effect...more

COVID-19 Illnesses Now OSHA-Recordable Under Agency Shift

Franczek P.C. on 5/22/2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued new guidance requiring all employers to evaluate confirmed cases of COVID-19 for work-relatedness and to record those cases that are determined to be...more

OSHA Issues Revised Guidance Regarding Recordkeeping Relative to COVID-19

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 5/21/2020

On May 19, 2020, the Department of Labor issued revised interim enforcement guidance by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) concerning OSHA’s recordkeeping requirement related to recording cases of...more

OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance, Faces Lawsuit by AFL-CIO

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 5/21/2020

As the country slowly begins the reopening process, OSHA has issued two new guidance documents—an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 and Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of COVID-19....more

OSHA requires all employers to investigate whether COVID-19 infections are “work-related”

Hogan Lovells on 5/21/2020

On May 19, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued Revised Enforcement Guidance (Guidance) requiring employers to investigate whether employee COVID-19 infections are “work-related” for the...more

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