Industry is taking its legal challenge to OSHA's policy on so-called continuing violations of its injury and illness recordkeeping requirements to the next level by filing an appeal in federal court for the D.C. Circuit after the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) issued a split decision siding with the Labor Department's legal stance. At issue is OSHA's position that it can issue recordkeeping citations more than six months after the initial violation occurred under certain circumstances. Commissioners agreed 2-1 with OSHA's position that a failure to accurately record a
December 30, 2025