The new record keeping rule, which takes effect January 1, 2017, requires employers to electronically submit injury and illness data, some of which will also be posted on the OSHA website. This is information that workplaces are already collecting as required under...
The New Year is a time of renewal and looking ahead to what could be. There is no shortage of predictions about what will happen in the world of workplace safety in 2016. The big factor – President Obama’s last term in office. The end of a Presidential...
In May of this year, OSHA issued a final rule to increase safety and protect construction workers in confined spaces. The final rule was published twenty-five years after the rule was proposed. “In the construction industry, entering confined spaces is often...
