OSHA is beginning the New Year with higher penalties. Effective today, civil penalties for violations of OSHA standards and regulations increased to adjust for inflation. In a Federal Register notice issued today, the U.S. Department of Labor increased civil penalties for a variety of regulated areas, such as Immigration, Child Labor, Wage and Hour, MSHA
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OSHA Accepting Electronically Submitted 300A Forms Through December 31
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
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Last week we reminded employers covered by the recordkeeping requirements in Section 1904 that December 15th was the deadline to electronically submit 2016 300A forms for certain employers. In true holiday spirit, OSHA announced in today’s OSHA Quick Takes that it will continue to accept “2016 OSHA Form 300A data through the Injury Tracking…
Reminder: Electronic submission due December 15th
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
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Employers covered by the recordkeeping requirements in Section 1904 are reminded that Friday, December 15th is the DEADLINE to electronically submit their 2016 300A. This requirement applies to establishments with 250 or more employees and to establishments in certain high-risk industries with 20 or more but less than 250 employees.
The following OSHA-approved State…
Nomination for Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Expected Soon
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
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It is widely anticipated that President Trump’s announcement of Scott Mugno as his nominee for the position of Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is imminent – a position temporarily being filled by Loren Sweatt, the Deputy Assistant Secretary. Scott Mugno is the VP of Safety, Sustainability and Vehicle…
OSHA Still Considering Revising Electronic Recordkeeping Rule
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
Posted in OSHA Rulemaking, Uncategorized
Authored by Ray Perez
With the December 1, 2017 deadline fast approaching for covered employers to electronically submit injury and illness records to OSHA, the Agency has indicated that it is close to completing its review to the Obama-era Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses final rule. In a Status Report filed on October…
OSHA Injury Tracking Application Up & Running
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
Posted in OSHA Enforcement, Uncategorized
On August 16th we reported that OSHA had suspended user access to its new Injury Tracking Application (“ITA”) that serves as the web portal for the submission of injury and illness information under OSHA’s “Improve Tracking of Workforce Injuries and Illnesses” rule. The suspension followed a warning by the Department of Homeland Security alerting…
OSHA Announces Top Ten Violations
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
Posted in OSHA Enforcement, Uncategorized
OSHA recently released the top ten violations for fiscal year 2017, which ended September 30. Generally, this list does not change much from year to year with the top three violations always being fall protection, hazard communication and scaffolding. OSHA noted that not all violations had been added to its reporting system but that the…
OSHA Announces Enforcement Policy for Construction Silica Standard
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
In a memorandum issued today from Thomas Galassi, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary to OSHA Regional Administrators, OSHA has announced how it will handle enforcement of the new Silica Standard for the construction industry, which takes effect on September 23, 2017.
For the first 30 days of enforcement OSHA will not issue citations to those employers…
OSHA Proposes to Extend Crane Operator Certification Requirement
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
Posted in OSHA Rulemaking, Uncategorized
In 2010 OSHA promulgated a final rule regulating cranes and derricks in the construction industry, Cranes and Derricks in Construction, Subpart CC (29 C.F.R. 1926.1400, et al.). Shortly after the final rule was issued OSHA published the Small Entity Compliance Guide on the new standard. Portions of the agency’s guidance created considerable conflict between OSHA…
OSHA Suspends ITA Due to Security Breach
By Tressi L. Cordaro on
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On Monday we blogged about the availability of the new OSHA Injury Tracking Application (“ITA”) that serves as the web portal for the submission of injury and illness information (300 Logs, 301 Forms and 300A Forms) under OSHA’s “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” rule (aka Electronic Recordkeeping rule). Yesterday, OSHA suspended…