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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 -

Don’t Get Caught Off Guard: OSHA Renews Its Machine Safety (Amputations) National Emphasis Program

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 7/23/2025

OSHA announced that it is renewing its National Emphasis Program (NEP) to Address Amputations in Manufacturing. The renewed NEP will replace the previous version which expired on June 27 and will remain in place for five...more

OSHA’s 2025 Amputations NEP: Key Changes Manufacturers Should Know

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/17/2025

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued its 2025 update to the National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries (Amputations NEP), renewing the program and introducing several...more

OSHA Updates Inspection Guidance for Meat Industry

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/30/2024

On October 16, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced expanded guidance for animal slaughtering and processing industry inspections (NAICS 3116). Notably, this new guidance document supersedes...more

OSHA Enforcement Memo for Animal Slaughtering and Meat Processing Industries Portends In-Depth, Lengthy Investigations

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/30/2024

On October 15, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new enforcement memorandum related to the animal slaughtering and meat processing industries. This is an expansion of an October 2015...more

OSHA Updates Animal Slaughtering and Processing Worker Safety Enforcement Inspection Guidance

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 10/18/2024

On October 15, 2024, OSHA issued Inspection Guidance for Animal Slaughtering and Processing Establishments that updates enforcement protocols for the agency’s field staff and compliance guidance for employers in NAICS Code...more

OSHA Releases Severe Injury Report Tracker, Publicizing Serious Injury Data for Each Employer

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/13/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA recently unveiled an online tool allowing the public to access severe injury reports, injury trends over time, geographic trends, and trends specific to each employer....more

OSHA Changes Electronic Reporting Requirements for Some Employers

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/8/2023

On July 17, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new final rule amending its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation and imposing new electronic reporting requirements on...more

OSHA Enforcement Initiative Targets Warehouse, Home Center, Delivery Services, Supermarkets, Others

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/2/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a three-year national emphasis program permitting extensive inspections of warehousing and distribution center operations, mail/postal processing and...more

OSHA Expands Electronic Injury/Illness Data Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/18/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has announced new rules requiring a broad range of employers to electronically submit additional injury and illness information in 2024....more

OSHA Announces National Emphasis Program Focusing on Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/18/2023

It is perhaps not a surprise to anyone familiar with e-commerce and the corresponding infrastructure that was developed to deliver all those packages, but according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),...more

Today is the Day – Don’t Miss the Employer Deadline to Report to OSHA

Polsinelli on 3/2/2023

Today is the deadline for covered employers to submit their 2022 workplace injury and illness data electronically on Form 300A to the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”). Covered employers must submit...more

OSHA’s Heat Illness National Emphasis Program and Its Impact on Employers

Woodruff Sawyer on 5/13/2022

As summer weather is upon us, Federal OSHA is in the midst of an effort to promulgate a heat illness regulation while simultaneously starting a national emphasis program around heat illness. ...more

OSHA Proposes Expanding Electronic Recordkeeping Rule to Add Smaller Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/19/2022

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a proposed rule to restore and expand Obama-era requirements for high-hazard employers with at least 100 employees to submit their injury and illness...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Priority Inspection Initiative for Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Care Facilities

Baker Donelson on 3/18/2022

As many state and local agencies continue to pull back on mask mandates and COVID-19 restrictions, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is doubling down. On March 2, 2022, OSHA announced its three-month...more

OSHA COVID-19 Enforcement On The Rise

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/5/2020

As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enters its new fiscal year, an uptick of enforcement activity from OSHA related to the COVID-19 pandemic is expected. OSHA began opening many COVID-19 inspections...more

Who is Filing Coronavirus-Related OSHA Complaints?

Maynard Nexsen on 7/22/2020

The U.S. Department of Labor’s federally and state-administered Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) programs across the country receive complaints every day related to COVID-19. OSHA tracks all valid...more

OSHA Updates National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/3/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA recently updated its National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries (NEP), adding a targeting methodology for industries with high employer-reported amputation statistics....more

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