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2016 OSHA's Top 10 Most Cited Viloations

OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations for 2016

November 26, 2016

Safety+Health presents OSHA's most frequently cited violations for fiscal year 2016. Also: the annual "penalty box" detailing the year's largest fines, and an exclusive interview with Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Programs.

Government inspections and fines lead to safer workplaces, researchers claim

September 7, 2016

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Toronto – Government safety and health inspections that result in penalties for non-compliant employers encourage organizations to take action to reduce work-related injuries, according to research from the Institute for Work & Health.

OSHA settlement policy puts workers at risk, report claims

July 6, 2016

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Washington – The “deterrent effect” of OSHA fines takes a hit when the agency reduces penalties in cases involving willful violations and worker deaths – and OSHA too often agrees to reduce fines in exchange for an employer’s promise to quickly abate hazards, according to a report released June 30 by the Center for Progressive Reform.

OSHA civil penalties set to increase in August

June 30, 2016

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Washington – The Department of Labor has announced a pair of interim final rules that allow OSHA to adjust its civil penalties to account for inflation.

Facing time: Will criminal prosecutions under the OSH Act become more common?

April 24, 2016

Kyle W. Morrison

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The era of criminal prosecutions for violations of workplace safety laws being rare may be over, as the Departments of Justice and Labor have agreed to work closer together. Is this a new world of safety, or simply a patch for a broken system?

House Budget Committee to OSHA: Stop issuing fines for ‘non-serious’ violations

March 31, 2016

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Washington – The House Budget Committee issued a report March 23 calling for “commonsense reforms” to OSHA enforcement that include barring the agency from issuing fines in certain situations.

Compliance assistance – not fines – should be priority, senators tell OSHA

February 12, 2016

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Washington – While expressing concern about OSHA’s enforcement philosophy during a Feb. 11 hearing with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) offered an anecdote about his family.

OSHA's Top 10 most cited violations

Growing data and changing inspection strategies

November 22, 2015

Kyle W. Morrison

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Safety+Health presents OSHA’s most frequently cited violations for fiscal year 2015. Also: the annual “penalty box” detailing the year’s largest fines, and an exclusive interview with an official from OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement on the agency’s new reporting requirement and what a new weighted inspection system means for employers.

OSHA fines to increase significantly

November 5, 2015

Washington – OSHA fines will increase for the first time in a quarter century, under a provision in the recently signed congressional budget deal.

OSHA: Study confirms effectiveness of penalties, citations

November 3, 2015

Washington – A recent study linking inspection-related citations and penalties to increased workplace safety and fewer injuries “confirms what we have been saying for a long time,” OSHA administrator David Michaels said in the Nov. 2 edition of “OSHA QuickTakes” newsletter.