OSHA has decided that employers who are labeled as severe violators must keep that status for three years and if they don't meet strict criteria for exiting the controversial monitoring program at that point they must stay in for an additional three years before getting a second evaluation. The newly unveiled exit strategy responds to persistent questions from both inside and outside the agency over how employers could demonstrate adequate compliance to be removed from the stepped-up enforcement effort. While industry had worried there was no exit plan, one employer source immediately blasted
December 29, 2025