On July 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued OSHA Directive Number CPL 02-02-079. The Directive is intended to establish "policies and ...

An organization that is well-prepared for such an audit will make the process less stressful and time-consuming for everyone involved. Safety audits are a great way to ensure that an organization ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL Inspector General recently issued an audit report that “OSHA Procedures for Issuing Guidance Were Not Adequate and Mostly Not Followed,” Report No. 02-19-001-10-105 (March ...

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Last month, a federal district court ruled that OSHA has the right to subpoena safety audits and other records prepared by an employer’s insurance carrier. The court also ordered the carrier to ...

Employees who perform maintenance work on a metal cutting machine must be trained to safely de-energize the machinery and conduct periodic audits of those procedures, according to a news release from ...

Safety management is an important part of running a business. Not only is the preservation of employee welfare mandated by OSHA, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but according ...