OSHA Penalty Caps are Increasing - Significantly!

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With the stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama will sign into law on Monday (11/02/15) the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. This means no more squabbling for the next two years about shutting down the government by threatening to withhold passage of the federal budget. Additionally, the White House claims this bill, which increases government spending and debt limits, will stimulate the nation’s economy. But nothing comes for free; passage of this Act also means your OSHA penalties will be going up – significantly!

 

Many people mistakenly believe that employers pay monetary penalties attached to federal OSHA citations directly to OSHA, making them a self-funded agency. But that is not true. The monies actually go . . .

  

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Significant (and Overlooked) Facts About OSHA's New Confined Spaces in Construction Standard

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Does OSHA's HazCom Standard Prohibit NFPA / HMIS Labeling Systems?

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Does OSHA Require Daily Toolbox Talks?

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Every once in a while I am retained by one of the parties to a lawsuit to be an “expert witness”. This involves reviewing evidence and offering my opinions in the case. As part of a recent case where I was retained by the defendant, the attorney for the Plaintiff who was conducting my deposition asked me to show him the “OSHA-required documented proof that the defendant conducted mandatory daily toolbox talks”.  It was obvious he did not like my answer.

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OSHA Lockout/Tagout Standard and Motor Vehicles

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Do Employees REALLY Have "Occupational Exposure"?

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It happens more times than I care to admit.  I’m teaching an OSHA 30 hour class or conducting a mock-OSHA inspection and we are covering the topic of OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) standard. Someone participating in the audit or attending the class says “Everybody at our facility is covered by the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens standard”. Or, conversely, someone will say “Not a single person at our facility is covered by this standard”.  More times than not, neither statement is true.

 

Inclusion in an OSHA-compliant BBP program is based on one thing; an employee has “occupation exposure” to blood or some other potentially infectious material. The key is to understand the . . .

 

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Two Recent OSHA Changes; Do They Require Action On Your Part?

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When OSHA makes a change, that usually means the employer must do something in response, be that write a new program, train workers, or post notifications. But one recent OSHA changes does not require the employer to take action even though you may think it does, and another requires you to take action even though you were previously told you don’t have to do anything! Confused? Read on . . .
 
New Workplace Notification . . . . .  

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