Workplace Safety and Health News AlertOSHA RulemakingOSHA IS SET TO START ENFORCING CONSTRUCTION SILICA STANDARD NEXT WEEKSeptember 18, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC On September 23, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) will begin enforcing its silica standard in the construction industry. The standard requires employers to limit worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica and take other steps to protect workers. The standard… OSHA PUBLISHES ELECTRONIC RECORDKEEPING REPORTING WEBSITEAugust 13, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC On June 27, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) proposed a delay in the electronic reporting compliance date of the rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, from July 1, 2017, to December 1, 2017. OSHA delayed the rule… TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RELEASES 2017 “UPDATE” REGULATORY AGENDA, SIGNALING SIGNIFICANT REGULATORY CHANGESJuly 24, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC On July 10, 2017, the Trump administration released the 2017 Update to the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (the “Agenda”). The Trump administration’s desire to reduce the regulatory load on both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and the Mine Safety… OSHA PROPOSES TO DELAY COMPLIANCE DATE FOR ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTING INJURY, ILLNESS REPORTSJune 27, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed a delay in the electronic reporting compliance date of the rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, from July 1, 2017, to December 1, 2017. If extended, employers would not have to… OSHA DELAYS ELECTRONIC RECORDKEEPING SUBMISSION DEADLINEMay 17, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced that it intends to extend the July 1, 2017, deadline for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness records. The July deadline required certain employers to electronically submit their 2016 300A injury and… ONE RULE GONE, ANOTHER DELAYEDApril 6, 2017 For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC Earlier this week, President Donald J. Trump, signed the resolution which finalized the Congressional Review Act process to nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) rule commonly known as the Volks Rule. Based on this resolution, OSHA is prohibited from issuing… |
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