Enforcement

A federal appeals court has loosened one of the traditional standards of proof required for OSHA to issue a violation, potentially increasing vulnerability for employers. The case involved a citation against an employer for failure to properly barricade the swing …

OSHA citations come and go, but the agency’s news releases never die – even when they announce alleged violations at companies who are eventually found not to be in violation of OSHA regulations. The barrage of news releases the agency …

As I recently wrote, one of the best ways OSHA could help improve safety would be to update its own regulations, some of which are decades out of date. But there’s another serious problem: regulations that have never made it …

What’s the difference between a willful OSHA violation and a serious one? One answer: About $63,000 in penalties – the maximum for a violation classified as serious is $7,000, while the maximum for a willful violation is $70,000. With multiple …

OSHA has drawn the ire of eight members of Congress who are objecting to what they say was “improper rulemaking” in requiring flame-resistant clothing to be worn in almost all servicing of oil and gas wells. The issue goes back …

I’m a long-time proud member of the Accredited Standards Committee that developed and recently updated ANSI Z10, the U.S. National Standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.  On the surface, that would likely make me a fan of I2P2, …

— Reprinted from our newsletter — Dear President Obama, Congratulations on your re-election victory. Now comes the hard part – another four years of governing. You have discussed the importance of helping boost the economy by easing the regulatory burden …