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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

The most important step to take before an OSHA inspection even takes place is selecting a company representative. The company representative is the individual charged with representing the company’s interests during an OSHA inspection. and the company’s health and safety program.

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OSHA’s Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19

FDR Safety

Department of Labor’s (DOL) COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission to OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHO) during inspections. [2]. In addition, the NEP places special emphasis on ensuring employees are protected from discrimination and retaliation.

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OSHA Compliance Enforcement Under President Biden

FDR Safety

Employers should pay attention to several workplace safety initiatives that will likely be implemented early on in the Biden administration. Expect a return to counting inspections based on complexity and novelty. Expect more inspections of employee hospitalizations, amputations, and eye loss reports.

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Surviving an OSHA Inspection

Safety Services Company

Each year OSHA conducts around 50,000 workplace inspections. These investigations are typically triggered by an accident at the workplace, an employee complaint or an OSHA initiated industry specific safety blitz. This material will help define the focus on an inspection, so the representative can appropriately guide the inspector.

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OSHA pushing to protect whistleblowers

FDR Safety

OSHA’s recent warning about safety incentive programs is just one part of a larger effort by the agency to strengthen whistleblower rights. In June 2012, OSHA found the Norfolk Southern Railway in violation of similar anti-retaliation provisions in the federal Railroad Safety Act when it terminated three employees who reported injuries.

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What Are the Legal Safeguards for Getting Back to Work?

Pro Builder

They’ll need training, at the very least to recognize the general symptoms of COVID-19 and to answer employee questions about the company’s workplace safety practices , Travers says. A discrimination claim could be more likely if an employee with the coronavirus charges that he or she felt stigmatized upon returning to work.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Practices Implementation

Building Information Management

The Owner reserves the right to inspect such off- site work at any. The Owner will perform the contract administration associated with the until work completion, including the final inspection and acceptance. Site Inspection. However, substitution of materials shall not be made without prior written approval from the Owner.