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OSHA Guidance and Emphasis Programs for the Health Care Industry

September 2 2010
Statement by OSHA Assistant Secretary on long work hours, fatigue and worker safety for resident physicians

July 19 2010
Obama issues memorandum on Presidential POWER Initiative: Protecting Our Workers and Ensuring Reemployment

July 7 2010
Whistleblowers.gov offers quick access to whistleblower protection information

June 21 2010
OSHA to hold additional stakeholder meeting on worker injury and illness prevention rule

June 18 2010
OSHA's severe violator enforcement directive effective June 18

June 11 2010
New OSHA training emphasizes workers rights

Training Requirements in OSHA Standards and Training Guidelines  

May 21 2010
OSHA bloodborne review looks at standard's value in protecting workers
  

May 14 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA conducting review of its Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030)
  

May 6 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA requests information on exposure to infectious agents in healthcare settings
  

May 4 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA holds series of stakeholder meeting on worker Injury and Illness Prevention Programs
  

April 29 2010
Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Protecting America's Workers Act
  

April 27 2010
US assistant secretary of labor for OSHA to testify today on strengthening enforcement and ensuring safe workplaces for every American worker
  

April 22 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA takes action to protect America's workers with severe violator program and increased penalties
  

April 14 2010
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis convenes 1st every national action summit on health and safety of Latino workers
  

March 18 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA announces informal public hearing on hazard communication in Pittsburgh on March 31
  

March 17 2010
US Assistance Secretary of labor for OSHA testifies on proposed Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA) before House subcommittee.
  PAWA would raise penalties, strengthen workers' voices in the workplace, expand the rights of victims and their families, and provide other new rules that would grant greater power to OSHA.

March 9 2010
OSHA notifies 15,000 workplaces of high injury and illness rates
  

January 28 2010
OSHA proposes revised Recordkeeping regulation to better identify  work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD's)
  

January 27 2010
Updated OSHA guidance helps protect late-night retail workers from workplace violence
  

January 27 2010
OSHA releases workplace injury and illness information representing administration's "Open Government" policy
  

January 8 2010
New OSHA videos provide respirator and facemask safety guidance
  

January 7 2010
OSHA announces informal public hearing on hazard communication rule
  

November 30 2009
OSHA guidance document focuses on training, personal protective equipment for safeguarding emergency medical responders.
  

November 23 2009
OSHA establishes local emphasis program on general industry establishments with noise, respiratory hazards.
  

November 20 2009
OSHA issues compliance directive to address flu prevention for health care workers.
  For the protection of frontline health care and emergency medical workers at high risk of infection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a compliance directive to ensure...

October 1 2009
OSHA issues proposed rule to adopt the Globally Harmonized Hazard Communication System.
  A proposed rule to align the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) with provisions of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GCS) ...

September 30 2009
Notice of Injury and Illness Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program

September 9 2009
OSHA issues final rule updating personal protective equipment standards.
  The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published in the Federal Register a final rule revising the personal protective equipment (PPE) sections of standards concerning requirements for eye- and face- protective devices, and head and foot protection ...

September 4 2009
Nursing homes among nearly 4,000 worksites on inspection list under OSHA's Site-Specific Targeting 2009 program.
  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Site-Specific Targeting 2009 program will focus enforcement efforts...

March 4  2008
U.S. Labor Department's OSHA joining forces with Florida health care providers and professional associations for focus on workplace violence
The new alliance with Florida health care providers will work together to address the problem of workplace violence in the state...`

Recent OSHA Citations related to the Health Care Industry

September 1 2010
U.S. Department of Labor cites Houston manufacturing company for hiding work-related injuries and illnesses; fines exceed $1.2 million. 

August 31 2010
U.S. Department of Labor fines Wisconsin company $369,500 in proposed penalties for inadequate hearing conservation program, recordkeeping and other violations.   

August 23 2010
OSHA fines Karl's Event Rental $85,000 for combustible dust, electrical and other hazards. 

August 20 2010
U.S. Department of Labor proposes $350,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Portsmouth, NH, mail processing facility. 

August 12 2010
U.S. Department of Labor cites AmeriCold Logistics with $189,000 in fines for serious safety violations at Burley, Idaho, facility.  
Many of the alleged violations cited were for deficiencies in Americold Logistics' process safety management program, which helps to ensure that operations involving hazardous chemicals are performed in a safe manner...

August 9 2010
U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $357,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Boston mail processing facility. 

July 29 2010
U.S. Labor Department's OSHA proposes $420,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Vermont mail processing facility.   

July 29 2010
Noise exposure complaint leads to proposed OSHA fines of $73,500 at Marcum Transport of Verdunville, W.Va.   

July 20 2010
U.S. Department of Labor proposes $112,000 in fines against Home Depot USA for chemical hazards and inadequate safety training. 

July 16 2010
U.S. Department of Labor cites Danbury, Conn., hospital for inadequate workplace violence safeguards.  
OSHA's action follows an inspection begun in response to worker complaints that the hospital was failing to provide adequate safeguards against workplace violence...

July 6 2010
U.S. Department of Labor files worker safety complaint against USPS.  
Complaint requests enterprise-wide remedy, a 1st...

July 12 2010
OSHA proposes $272,000 in fines against US Postal Service for exposing workers to electrical hazards at Capitol Heights, Md., facility.  
"These citations and sizable fines reflect the Postal Service's failure to equip its workers with the necessary knowledge and skills to safely work"...

June 28 2010
OSHA proposes $430,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Scarborough, Maine mail processing facility.   "
The Postal Service knew that proper and effective training was needed for the safety of its workers but did not provide it."...

June 15 2010
Employer ordered by US Department of Labor to make amends to employee censured for reporting work-related injury. 

June 8 2010
OSHA fines US Postal Service nearly $500,000 for exposing workers to electrical hazards at two Philadelphia facilities. 
 OSHA's inspections found inadequately trained employees performing work without the proper personal protective equipment while being exposed to live parts...

May 26 2010
OSHA orders United Parcel Service to compensate driver terminated for refusing to drive due to safety concerns. 
OSHA investigated the employee's allegation that UPS terminated his employment in retaliation for his refusal to drive after raising safety concerns and has ordered UPS to pay $111,008...

May 20 2010
OSHA finds CSX Transportation Inc. retaliated against dispatcher who reported safety concerns. 
The rail carrier was ordered to rescind discipline and pay worker $5,000 in punitive damages...

May 11 2010
OSHA notifies Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center of workplace safety and health hazards to its workers. 
  Violations identified involve electrical hazards, safety guarding of machines, compliance with requirements for controlling bloodborne pathogens and confined space entry, among others...

May 10 2010
OSHA finds Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. violated whistleblower law. 
  A whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the company violated an employee's rights when he was absent from work while recovering from an injury...

May 10 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA fines US Postal Service processing center $210,000 for safety violations. 
  OSHA's inspection found that the postal service failed to provide required electrical safety training for its workers; to ensure workers used safety-related work practices while working on electrical equipment; and to provide workers with appropriate personal protective equipment while working on energized equipment...

May 10 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $217,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Denver mail processing facility. 
  OSHA's inspection found that employees were performing testing on live electrical equipment and doing so without adequate training, personal protective equipment and safety-related work practices...

April 28 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA fines Lowe's Home Center $110,000 for recordkeeping violations at Cincinnati and Dayton stores. 
  OSHA requires employers to record and maintain occupational injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 log.  "Accurate records are an important tool that employers and workers can use to identify hazards in the workplace, and they also enable OSHA to better target its resources."...

April 14 2010
US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes $61,500 in penalties against Fleetpride Inc. for safety violations. 
  An OSHA inspection alleges that the company had damaged, inoperable emergency lighting; exit signs not illuminated; and a damaged fall protection lanyard not taken out of service.  The company was also cited for improper personal protective equipment, no hazard assessment certification, no personal protective equipment training certification and no cover on an electrical box...

March 18 2010
OSHA proposes $55,000 in penalties against American Warming and Ventilating, Inc. for safety violations.
  OSHA opened an inspection at American Warming and Ventilating Inc. as part of its site-specific targeting program.  As a result of this inspection, OSHA has issued violations for lack of proper fall protection, improper lockout and tagout procedures, lack of proper machine guarding, lack of proper training...

March 17 2010
OSHA fines Allentown, Pa., company $101,700 for failing to abate workplace safety and health hazards.
  OSHA has cited COMPUSPAR USA Inc. for failing to abate previously cited workplace safety and health violations, including failure to maintain OSHA 300 logs; to develop and implement a hazard communication program; to train employees on hazardous chemicals...

March 2 2010
OSHA proposes nearly $59,000 in fines against Cheshire, Conn., food distribution warehouse.
  Citations address a cross section of mechanical, electrical and exit access hazards that exposed workers to the dangers of electric shock, lacerations, amputation, and being caught in operating machinery or unable to swiftly exit the workplace in the event of a fire or other emergency...

February 18 2010
OSHA cites Cranesville Block Co. for safety and health hazards at Kingston, NY, plant.
  OSHA has proposed $45,500 in fines for alleged violations of health and safety standards after an inspection prompted by employee complaints.  Specific hazards included blocked exits, workers lacking safety glasses and gloves when working with acid, unlabeled containers of hazardous chemicals, unmarked electrical equipment, exposed live electrical parts and moisture in electrical equipment...

October 28 2009
OSHA proposes more than $42,000 in fines against New Balance Athletic Shoe for electrical hazards at distribution center.
  OSHA's inspection found unqualified employees working on electrical panels that had not first been de-energized to prevent electric shock hazards.  In addition, the workers had not been trained in safe electrical work practices, including the use of personal protective equipment...

October 27 2009
OSHA cites Crane and Grain Service LLC for violations of the OSH Act.
  The alleged serious violations stem from the employer using a flexible cord that was not properly wired, improper use of ladders that were damaged and lack of ladder training...

October 22 2009
OSHA proposes nearly $113,000 in fines for electrical and other hazards at armored car facility.
  The employers face penalties, chiefly for electrical-related hazards, following OSHA inspections opened in April in response to a complaint...

October 16 2009
Radiation exposure among hazards addressed in OSHA bulletin on particle accelerators.
  The increasing use of special purpose particle accelerators has prompted the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a Safety and Health Information Bulletin identifying the risks and providing information on the safe operation of these devices...

October 9 2009
OSHA cites chemical recycling company following a fatality at Port Arthur, Texas, worksite.
  OSHA began its investigation following the death of a worker who was exposed to hydrogen sulfide.  A willful citation was issued for failing to provide a rescue team to promptly respond to an emergency when workers enter a confined space...

September 29 2009
OSHA levies nearly $295,000 in fines against Superior Dairy in Canton, Ohio.
  Hazards identified as serious violations include electrical problems, safety guarding of moving machinery parts, energy lockout deficiencies and confined space entry violations ...

September 23 2009
OSHA cites Toys R Us for exit access hazards at Bay Parkway store in Brooklyn, N.Y.
  OSHA's inspection found hazards that could impede the swift exit of workers from the store in the event of a fire or other emergency.  These included obstructed exit access, missing or defective exit doors, an exit door that was painted over and could not be opened, improper or inadequate signage, employees not trained in fire extinguisher use and all fire extinguishers not kept in their required locations...

 

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