Workplace Safety and Health News AlertOSHA ComplianceReminder to All EmployersApril 8, 2020 COVID-19 impacts business operations in ways that change daily: unemployment compensation, sick leave, and employee retention are a few of the areas receiving regular updates. Employers must also remember their obligations to employees who raise safety concerns, especially relating to the COVID-19 threat to health and safety. Employee safety initiatives have been focused on identifying and… OSHA Updates Industry Guidance and Enforcement Discretion Regarding N95 Mask UseApril 3, 2020 On April 3, 2020, OSHA issued updated guidance on the use of N95 masks as a result of shortages of these masks for Health Care Providers and other industry across the country. This guidance is meant as a supplement to N95 fit test guidance issued on March 14, 2020. The updated guidance provides overarching guidance for all industries that commonly use N95 masks as well as specified guidance for… COMPLYING WITH OSHA AND COVID-19March 16, 2020 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) had become a pandemic. Then, on March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national emergency to help mobilize the response and streamline funding to assist in fighting the disease. To date, the… OSHA SPRING 2019 SEMI-ANNUAL REGULATORY AGENDAMay 27, 2019 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released its Spring 2019 semi-annual regulatory agenda for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) on May 22, 2019. Included in the agenda is the issuance of OSHA’s final rule in the Standards Improvement Project IV revising 14… OSHA ISSUES CLARIFICATION MEMORANDUM REGARDING WORKPLACE SAFETY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND POST INCIDENT DRUG TESTINGOctober 11, 2018 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC In May 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a rule that amended 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35 and added a provision prohibiting employers from retaliating against employers for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses. See 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35(b)(1)(iv). In the… OSHA PROPOSES TO REVISE ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS TO REQUIRE ONLY 300A FORMS FROM ALL EMPLOYERSJuly 30, 2018 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC On Monday, July 30, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to revise the Tracking of Workplace Injury and Illness rule. The proposed rule rescinds the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to… JULY 1, 2018, IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT 2017 INJURY AND ILLNESS DATA TO OSHAJune 24, 2018 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC July 1, 2018, is the deadline for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness records to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”). The July deadline requires that certain employers electronically submit their 2017 300A injury and illness logs. Previously, OSHA… OSHA INSPECTORS AIM TO DISCOVER WHICH EMPLOYERS FAILED TO FILE 2016 ELECTRONIC ILLNESS AND INJURY DATAFebruary 28, 2018 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC On February 21, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued guidance on Interim Enforcement Procedures for Failure to Submit Electronic Illness and Injury Records under 29 C.F.R. § 1904.41(a)(1) and (a)(2). Employer establishments subject to OSHA recordkeeping… OSHA SPEAKS AT RECENT ASSE MEETINGFebruary 26, 2018 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC Herb Gibson, Area Director for the Denver Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) office, spoke at the February meeting of the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (“ASSE”). At that meeting, he listed the priorities for the Colorado OSHA offices for 2018,… HAPPY NEW YEAR! OSHA AND MSHA PENALTIES ARE INCREASINGJanuary 2, 2018 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”), and several other U.S. Department of Labor civil penalties are increasing. This yearly inflation adjustment, an… OSHA EXTENDS DEADLINE TO SUBMIT INJURY AND ILLNESS DATA THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2017December 18, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC Do you have more than 20 employees in one of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) listed industries? Or, do you have more than 250 employees at one of your establishments where you keep OSHA logs? Have you submitted your 300a summary to OSHA? If not, do not worry as OSHA… OSHA DELAYS ELECTRONIC FILING UNTIL DECEMBER 15November 26, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) delayed the compliance date for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness data until December 15, 2017. OSHA finalized the regulation last year, which set forth new requirements for certain employers to electronically… |
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