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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

OSHA Terminates COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare Workers

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/5/2025

Is COVID-19 still a thing, and does OSHA care about it? Yes and yes. We all know that COVID-19 is still around. On the OSHA front, the agency seems to be focused less exclusively on COVID-19 and plans to take a broader...more

OSHA Withdraws Proposed Rules Involving COVID-19 and Infectious Diseases

Littler on 1/22/2025

Last week, OSHA published a notice in the Federal Register that it was withdrawing its proposed rule, Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings, effective immediately. OSHA explained it was withdrawing the...more

Adding Nitrous Oxide Services to Your Texas Medical or Dental Practice

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 1/15/2024

Patient-administered nitrous oxide (N2O) delivery systems are quickly becoming a sought-after service for clinicians in various medical fields, from dentists to med spas. Nitrous oxide has effects of both analgesia (pain...more

CMS Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers: Resources for Preparing Your Policies

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog on 11/8/2021

Under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)’s new vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, facilities must draft and implement policies and procedures by December 6, 2021 to ensure covered personnel are fully...more

OSHA’S New ETS: Are Public Hospitals Covered?

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog on 7/6/2021

OSHA’s new healthcare emergency temporary standard (ETS) does not specifically exclude state and local healthcare systems, such as county hospitals. However, pursuant to Section 3(5) of the OSH Act, “any State or political...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 ETS for Healthcare Settings

Perkins Coie on 6/16/2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on June 10, 2021. The ETS applies to workplace settings where professional healthcare...more

NIOSH Offers Free Training Program to Help Employers Address Safety Risks Faced by Home Healthcare Workers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/2/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: NIOSH releases a comprehensive training curriculum that home healthcare employers can use to minimize safety risks and prevent OSHA citations. We had blogged previously about OSHA’s “Strategies and...more

Five Recent Developments in Labor and Employment Law That Health Care Employers Need to Know

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/29/2015

Recent actions by federal agencies and courts will have a direct impact on employers in the health care industry. While still wrestling with the changes wrought by the Affordable Care Act, health care employers will now need...more

Judge Affirms OSHA Citation in Death of Healthcare Worker Killed by Mentally Ill Client

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/9/2015

An Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Administrative Law Judge has determined that a healthcare provider company did not protect a social service coordinator, who was fatally stabbed outside her client’s home in...more

Protecting Healthcare and Other Employees From Ebola

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 10/16/2014

News that a U.S. based health-care worker in Dallas has contracted Ebola while caring for a patient with the disease has raised questions about the protections that health care facilities and other employers must provide for...more

OSHA Signals an Increased Focus on Hospital Industry

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2014

On January 15, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched a new, online compliance assistance tool for hospitals called, “Worker Safety in Hospitals: Caring for our...more

Healthcare Employers Beware: OSHA Campaign Is Targeting You

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/8/2013

On July 16, 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it is launching a campaign that aims to protect healthcare workers from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)....more

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