Tag: health & safety
New Year, New OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting Rules
Federal OSHA has made two significant changes in their revision of the recordkeeping rule. 1.) OSHA has updated the list of industries that are exempt from the requirement to keep OSHA injury and illness records. The previous list was based on the Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC) codes. The new list of industries that are […]
OSHA Compliance Initiative on Employers Using Temporary Employees
OSHA has launched an initiative that will focus on protecting temporary employees from recognized workplace hazards. OSHA compliance officers are being directed to assess whether employers who use temporary workers are complying with their responsibilities to adequately train and protect these employees. The initiative defines these workers as all employees supplied to a host company […]