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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 -

Common Questions in Evaluating a Whistleblower Complaint Filed with OSHA

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 7/21/2025

In FY 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) received 3,243 Whistleblower complaints filed under various statutes’ anti-retaliation provisions. OSHA is charged with investigating alleged retaliation...more

OSHA to Increase Inspections in the Warehousing, Transportation and Healthcare Industries

Benesch on 6/18/2025

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently updated the industries it will focus on, increasing the likelihood of on-site inspections for employers in the warehousing, transportation, and healthcare...more

OSHA Issues Updated Guidance on Site-Specific Targeting Inspections

Littler on 5/22/2025

On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release updating the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program focusing on workplaces with the highest...more

It’s That Time of Year Again: Using OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application to Submit OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/11/2025

Pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) electronic reporting regulation, covered employers must submit their OSHA injury and illness records (OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301) using OSHA’s...more

First in, Last out: California’s First-in-Nation COVID-19 Regulation Finally Rides Off into the Sunset (Mostly…)

Littler on 2/10/2025

Nearly all of the substantive provisions of Cal/OSHA’s non-emergency COVID-19 regulation expired on Monday, February 3, 2025. The event marked a significant end point to the regulatory journey that began on November 19, 2020,...more

OSHA's New Reporting Requirement Goes Into Effect in 2024

FordHarrison on 12/28/2023

Executive Summary: Beginning in January 2024, employers in certain high-hazard industries will be required to submit detailed information regarding recordable workplace injuries and illnesses using OSHA’s new filing system...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

New OSHA Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements for 2024

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/25/2023

As 2023 is swiftly coming to a close, certain employers should begin preparing for electronic submission of injury and illness information to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2024. Beginning March...more

OSHA—Critical Updates for 2023 & 2024

Amundsen Davis LLC on 9/14/2023

OSHA has been particularly busy and aggressive lately, making good on Biden Administration promises and talking points—hiring more inspectors, appointing new administrators, conducting more inspections, aggressively issuing...more

OSHA to Require Employers to Submit Injury and Illness Forms Online

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/3/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a final rule to restore and expand Obama-era requirements for employers in dozens of designated industries that have worksites with at least 100 employees...more

“Try, Try Again” – OSHA Introduces Yet Another Electronic Data Reporting Rule, But Still May Not Have Found Success

Saul Ewing LLP on 7/25/2023

"Oops, [it] did it again." Analogous to Ms. Spears's lyric, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) once again causes a reset across multiple industries with its third iteration of an electronic data...more

OSHA Announces Expanded Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/19/2023

On Monday, July 17, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a long-anticipated update to its rule requiring electronic submission of injury and illness data. The updated rule goes into effect...more

Reverse Course! OSHA Again to Require Employers to Electronically Submit OSHA 300 Logs and 301 Reports

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/12/2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA intends to restore an Obama-era requirement that employers submit OSHA 300 logs and OSHA 301 reports electronically, ostensibly to improve the Agency’s data and to potentially target employers with...more

CDC’s Expansion Of “Close Contact” Definition Spells Trouble For Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/22/2020

On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the CDC issued new guidance expanding the definition of a “close contact” from someone who has been within 6 feet of a COVID-19 positive person for 15 minutes or more to: “Someone who was...more

Does Trump’s COVID-19 Case Need To Be Reported To OSHA? What Employers Can Learn From President’s Illness

Fisher Phillips on 10/12/2020

President Donald Trump’s recent hospitalization at the Walter Reed Medical Center has captured the American public’s attention, especially given the potential implications with the election less than a month away. But for...more

OSHA Issues Frequently Asked Questions Regarding COVID-19 Reporting Obligations

Littler on 10/6/2020

On September 30, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding an employer’s obligation to report to OSHA cases of work-related COVID-19. The FAQs...more

Assembly Bill 685 Changes Employer Notification Requirements On COVID-19 And Enhances Cal OSHA Enforcement Abilities

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/18/2020

On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (“AB”) 685, which requires employers to provide written notifications to employees within one business day of receiving notice of potential exposure to coronavirus...more

Judge Rules OSHA Can Release Employer Injury Records

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/17/2020

On June 4, 2020, Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in The Center for Investigative Reporting v. Department of Labor that employers’ injury and illness...more

To Record or Not To Record, That is the Question: Questions and Answers Regarding U.S. Federal OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting...

BCLP on 4/29/2020

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and its implementing regulations require employers to record certain work-related injuries and illnesses. Due to the prevalence of community transmission of COVID-19, deciding...more

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Common Questions in Evaluating a Whistleblower Complaint Filed with OSHA

OSHA to Increase Inspections in the Warehousing, Transportation and Healthcare Industries

OSHA Issues Updated Guidance on Site-Specific Targeting Inspections

It’s That Time of Year Again: Using OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application to Submit OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301

First in, Last out: California’s First-in-Nation COVID-19 Regulation Finally Rides Off into the Sunset (Mostly…)

OSHA's New Reporting Requirement Goes Into Effect in 2024

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

New OSHA Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements for 2024

OSHA—Critical Updates for 2023 & 2024

OSHA to Require Employers to Submit Injury and Illness Forms Online

“Try, Try Again” – OSHA Introduces Yet Another Electronic Data Reporting Rule, But Still May Not Have Found Success

OSHA Announces Expanded Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements

Reverse Course! OSHA Again to Require Employers to Electronically Submit OSHA 300 Logs and 301 Reports

CDC’s Expansion Of “Close Contact” Definition Spells Trouble For Employers

Does Trump’s COVID-19 Case Need To Be Reported To OSHA? What Employers Can Learn From President’s Illness

OSHA Issues Frequently Asked Questions Regarding COVID-19 Reporting Obligations

Assembly Bill 685 Changes Employer Notification Requirements On COVID-19 And Enhances Cal OSHA Enforcement Abilities

Judge Rules OSHA Can Release Employer Injury Records

To Record or Not To Record, That is the Question: Questions and Answers Regarding U.S. Federal OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting...

OSHA Clarifies: Most COVID-19 Cases Are Not Recordable

OSHA's Electronic Recordkeeping Deadline Is Fast Approaching: Are You Ready?

Reporting Deadline for OSHA Form 300A Looms

What’s Next Now that OSHA Rescinded Part of the Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements?

Reminder To Employers To Post And Electronically File 300A Forms

OSHA OKs Drug Testing and Incentive Programs ... Sort of

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