Now that President Barack Obama has officially begun his second term in office, it is appropriate to look ahead at what a “second-term” Occupational Safety and Health Administration will mean for employers. Details are here.
January 2013
GAO Study Critical of OSHA’s NRTL Program
By Bradford T. Hammock on
Posted in Articles
The General Accounting Office (GAO) has just completed a critical review of OSHA’s Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Program. The NRTL Program is an OSHA program that accredits laboratories to perform testing of certain equipment to ensure its safety when used in the workplace. Most notably, all electrical equipment used in worksites across the country…
OSHA’s Plan for 2013 includes at Least 1,260 Workplace Inspections
By Bradford T. Hammock on
Posted in OSHA Enforcement
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to inspect at least 1,260 establishments under its site-specific targeting (“SST”) program for 2013. Details are here.
OSHA Issues Regulatory Agenda
By Bradford T. Hammock on
OSHA recently issued its long-awaited regulatory agenda. The agenda is designed to provide stakeholders with notice of what major regulatory initiatives the agency is planning and the projected timetables for those initiatives.
OSHA’s agenda is the first issued in several months by the agency and provides a glimpse into the regulatory priorities – in…