OSHA Insights Blog
OSHA Proposes Rule Change for 1904.41: Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting
OSHA is proposing a new rule change to the injury and illness recordkeeping regulation. The proposed regulation will require companies to disclose additional data to OSHA, allowing OSHA to better target emerging hazards. The current standard requires companies within...
OSHA’s Plan to Create a Final COVID-19 Healthcare Standard
On June 21, 2021, OSHA adopted a Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (Healthcare ETS) protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19 hazards. Any emergency temporary standards enacted by OSHA are effective until they are superseded by a permanent standard or...
OSHA Withdraws Vaccination and Testing ETS
On November 5, 2021, OSHA issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regarding vaccination and testing. The standard required covered employers to develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court...
OSHA’s Emergency COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Standard Blocked
In a 6-3 decision just released, the Supreme Court blocked OSHA’s Emergency COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Standard (“ETS”) from taking effect, which required employers with one hundred or more employees to conduct weekly testing of all unvaccinated employees,...
OSHA’S Emergency COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Standard Reinstated
In September, the Biden Administration announced its plan to have OSHA issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers with one hundred or more employees to ensure their employees are either fully vaccinated or tested for COVID-19 on a weekly basis....
OSHA Suspends Emergency COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Standard
In September, the Biden Administration directed OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with one hundred or more employees to ensure their employees are either fully vaccinated or tested for COVID-19 on a weekly basis. That promised...
OSHA Issues Emergency COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Standard
In September, the Biden Administration announced its plan to have OSHA issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring employers with one hundred or more employees to ensure their employees are either fully vaccinated or tested for COVID-19 on a weekly basis....
OSHA to Issue Mandatory Vaccination and Testing Rule for Certain Employers
In a purported effort to increase vaccinations, the Biden Administration just announced its plan to have OSHA issue an Emergency Temporary Standard requiring employers with one hundred or more employees to ensure their employees are either fully vaccinated or tested...
OSHA’S New Heat Regulations: What Should You Expect?
OSHA has announced that it is expanding its efforts to address heat-related illnesses. This is following a recently implemented initiative which prioritized heat-related interventions and inspections of work activities on days when the heat index exceeds 80 degrees...
OSHA Revises Its Mask Guidance
Following the Centers for Disease Control’s updated mask and COVID-19 guidance dated July 27, 2021, OSHA finally updated its own mask and COVID-19 guidance on August 13, 2021. The press release relating to that updated guidance can be viewed here. Under the new...