The summer months are approaching and along with them comes hot weather.  OSHA has targeted temporary staffing agencies as an industry to keep an eye on.  ...

Topics: temporary staffing, OSHA, Protecting Temporary Workers, temporary workers, Heat Illness, Heat Illness Fatalities

Construction Contractor Cited for $250,000 in Deadly Trench Collapse...

Topics: OSHA, Trenching Safety, staffing agency responsibilities, Safety Matters, osha citatations, trench collapse

On Jan. 26, 2023, OSHA announced it issued new enforcement guidance making its penalties more effective to stop employers from repeatedly exposing workers to life-threatening hazards or failing to comply with workplace safety and health requirements. The new enforcement guidance ...

Topics: temporary staffing, PEO, OSHA, OSHA-Violations, osha penalty

On March 7, 2022, OSHA announced an enforcement memorandum for a short-term increase in highly focused inspections directed at hospitals and skilled nursing care facilities that treat COVID-19 patients....

Topics: OSHA, OSHA-INSPECTION, #Hospital, Skilled Nursing Care

From OSHA's perspective, who is responsible for safety training?  Is it the staffing agency or the host employer?  ...

Topics: OSHA, OSHA Safety Training

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published on their website on Nov. 16, 2021, that the COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (ETS) is being put on hold due to pending litigation....

Topics: OSHA, Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate

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Topics: temporary staffing, OSHA, safe workplace, legal responsibility

OSHA does require that every forklift operator be trained and certified to operate the powered industrial truck in the workplace...

Topics: workers compensation, OSHA, Forklift Training, Hazard Training

Each year, more than 5,000 workers are killed on the job. Additionally, more than 3.6 million employees are seriously injured each year while at work. Because of this, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) holds a nationwide event each August called Safe and ...

Topics: staffing, workplace safety, OSHA

Workers’ compensation claims have a variety of different costs associated with them. Some of these costs are expected costs, while others are unexpected. Here’s the difference between these terms:...

Topics: OSHA, Worker's Comepensation, workers-compensation-claims, direct-workers-compensation-costs