OSHA has released four new regulatory interpretation letters that aim to clarify several recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including new guidance for workers’ newly discovered chemical sensitivities, accidents during a commute, injuries related to both on- and off-the-job activity, and mandatory training at a third-party site.
OSHA is walking back its guidance for employers to treat adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccination as “work-related” for recordkeeping and reporting purposes if the vaccine was “required” for workers, promising not to enforce that mandate until at least 2022 in order to avoid “any appearance of discouraging” vaccination.
OSHA is walking back its guidance for employers to treat adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccination as “work-related” for recordkeeping and reporting purposes if the vaccine was “required” for workers, promising not to enforce that mandate until at least 2022 in order to avoid “any appearance of discouraging” vaccination.
OSHA is walking back its guidance for employers to treat adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccination as “work-related” for recordkeeping and reporting purposes if the vaccine was “required” for workers, promising not to enforce that mandate until at least 2022 in order to avoid “any appearance of discouraging” vaccination.
Democratic and Republican leaders on the House Energy & Commerce Committee are questioning the lone member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Assessment Board (CSB) on a range of issues, from the “quorum of one” to possible conflicts of interest among staff, that the lawmakers say “may be undermining” the board’s work.
Democratic and Republican leaders on the House Energy & Commerce Committee are questioning the lone member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Assessment Board (CSB) on a range of issues, from the “quorum of one” to possible conflicts of interest among staff, that the lawmakers say “may be undermining” the board’s work.
Industry groups are urging OSHA to loosen its proposed labeling rule for hazardous chemicals and other substances, arguing that key provisions conflict with EPA policy and require companies to gather “vast” new data on risks posed by downstream chemical uses, while California says the agency should scrap the rulemaking altogether.
OSHA is proposing a second set of revisions to its 2016 fall-prevention standard to address what it says were unclear provisions and typographical errors in the Obama-era rule governing elevated “walking-working surfaces,” including a formatting mistake that left out key language on guardrails for staircases.
OSHA says employers should follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new COVID-19 guidance exempting fully vaccinated people from many infection-control measures like masking and social distancing when deciding what is “appropriate to protect fully vaccinated workers,” and plans to soon update its own guide.
OSHA says employers should follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new COVID-19 guidance exempting fully vaccinated people from many infection-control measures like masking and social distancing when deciding what is “appropriate to protect fully vaccinated workers,” and plans to soon update its own guide.