Workplace Safety and Health News Alert

OSHA ISSUES CLARIFICATION MEMORANDUM REGARDING WORKPLACE SAFETY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND POST INCIDENT DRUG TESTING

October 11, 2018

For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 14
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In May 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a rule that amended 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35 and added a provision prohibiting employers from retaliating against employers for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses.  See 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35(b)(1)(iv).  In the…

OSHA PROPOSES TO REVISE ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS TO REQUIRE ONLY 300A FORMS FROM ALL EMPLOYERS

July 30, 2018

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Volume 14, Number 13
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On Monday, July 30, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to revise the Tracking of Workplace Injury and Illness rule.  The proposed rule rescinds the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to…

JULY 1, 2018, IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT 2017 INJURY AND ILLNESS DATA TO OSHA

June 24, 2018

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Volume 14, Number 12
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July 1, 2018, is the deadline for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness records to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”).  The July deadline requires that certain employers electronically submit their 2017 300A injury and illness logs. 

Previously, OSHA…

OSHA INSPECTORS AIM TO DISCOVER WHICH EMPLOYERS FAILED TO FILE 2016 ELECTRONIC ILLNESS AND INJURY DATA

February 28, 2018

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Volume 14, Number 5
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On February 21, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued guidance on Interim Enforcement Procedures for Failure to Submit Electronic Illness and Injury Records under 29 C.F.R. § 1904.41(a)(1) and (a)(2). Employer establishments subject to OSHA recordkeeping…

OSHA SPEAKS AT RECENT ASSE MEETING

February 26, 2018

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Volume 14, Number 4
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Herb Gibson, Area Director for the Denver Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) office, spoke at the February meeting of the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (“ASSE”). At that meeting, he listed the priorities for the Colorado OSHA offices for 2018,…

HAPPY NEW YEAR! OSHA AND MSHA PENALTIES ARE INCREASING

January 2, 2018

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Volume 14, Number 1
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In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”), and several other U.S. Department of Labor civil penalties are increasing.  This yearly inflation adjustment, an…

OSHA EXTENDS DEADLINE TO SUBMIT INJURY AND ILLNESS DATA THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2017

December 18, 2017

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Volume 13, Number 26
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC

Do you have more than 20 employees in one of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) listed industries? Or, do you have more than 250 employees at one of your establishments where you keep OSHA logs? Have you submitted your 300a summary to OSHA? If not, do not worry as OSHA…

OSHA DELAYS ELECTRONIC FILING UNTIL DECEMBER 15

November 26, 2017

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Volume 13, Number 25
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) delayed the compliance date for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness data until December 15, 2017. OSHA finalized the regulation last year, which set forth new requirements for certain employers to electronically…

ELECTRONIC LOGGING DEVICE REQUIREMENT PHASES IN DECEMBER 17, 2017

October 16, 2017

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Volume 13, Number 22
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By December 17, 2017, employers with drivers who comply with hours of service rules must install Electronic Logging Devices (“ELD”) into vehicles. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (“FMCSA”) new Electronic Logging Device Rule requires carriers and drivers who track hours of…

OSHA PUBLISHES ELECTRONIC RECORDKEEPING REPORTING WEBSITE

August 13, 2017

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Volume 13, Number 14
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On June 27, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) proposed a delay in the electronic reporting compliance date of the rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, from July 1, 2017, to December 1, 2017. OSHA delayed the rule…

OSHA PROPOSES TO DELAY COMPLIANCE DATE FOR ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTING INJURY, ILLNESS REPORTS

June 27, 2017

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Volume 13, Number 12
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC 

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed a delay in the electronic reporting compliance date of the rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, from July 1, 2017, to December 1, 2017. If extended, employers would not have to…

OSHA RESCINDS LETTER PERMITTING UNION WALKAROUNDS IN NON-UNION WORKSITES

May 1, 2017

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Volume 13, Number 8
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The Department of Labor rescinded an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) memorandum permitting union or community organization representatives to walk around with OSHA inspectors during inspections of non-union employers.  Based on this action, a pending legal…