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OSHA Pursues Tough Policy On 'Willful' Report Violations, Cites Maximum Penalty In TX Case


July 23, 2015 at 01:31 PM
OSHA delivered a clear message to employers Wednesday (July 22) that it will aggressively enforce new worker hospitalization reporting rules by determining if employers willfully flouted the law and potentially hitting them with egregious citations, holding up a recent Texas case charging that a company deliberately dodged telling OSHA about a serious medical incident for several days, leading to the maximum proposed fine.

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