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OSHA's new Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) becomes effective July 1, 2010. The Program, which provides for enhanced OSHA fines and penalties for claimed willful, repeated, or failure-to-abate violations, raises the stakes for employers who may face an OSHA inspection.

Reminder to Employers: Post New Injury/Illness Summaries Today Beginning February 1, 2006, employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in the prior year. Employers are only required to post the OSHA Summary Form 300A -- not the OSHA 300 Log -- from February 1, 2006 to April 30, 2006. Copies of the OSHA forms 300, 300A and 301 are available for downloading on the OSHA Recordkeeping Web page1. Employers who fail to post these ...

OSHA has recently named the healthcare industry as one of a handful targeted for intensified safety and health inspections in 2005.1 According to this directive, their inspections will focus primarily on ergonomic hazards relating to patient handling, exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials, exposure to tuberculosis and slips, trips, and falls. In fact, nursing and personal care facilities make up the highest concentration of worksites on the targeted list for 2005. In ...

INTRODUCTION Shortly after the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the Act) was adopted in 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (the Commission) began having difficulty apportioning responsibility in situations where there was no direct connection between the employer controlling the site, and the employer creating the hazard. Moreover, employers who simply had employees exposed to the hazard, but neither had control over the employees or created the violation ...