More Access to OSHA Enforcements

August 2, 2023

Info could be made easily available online

  • OSHA will require employers to expose their reported accident, illness, and report data on the Internet, making it available to union organizers, personal injury lawyers, and their competitors.
  • The measure, scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, applies to employers with 100 or more workers in industries the agency defines as “high hazard.”
  • The list of these industries that OSHA provides appears to cover very nearly every employer in the U.S.
  • Employer attorneys advise covered organizations to begin preparing now for next year’s reporting requirements.
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Hospital cited after nurse attacked

  • OSHA cited a second Jacksonville mental health center for not properly protecting employees from attacks by patients after a nurse was kicked in the head.
  • River Point Behavioral Health could end up paying a $15,625 fine for the citation by OSHA.
  • A nurse was writing reports in January in an area meant only for hospital staff when a patient entered and punched and kicked the nurse, who lost consciousness.
  • The center exposed nurses and mental health technicians who were at the station to the hazard of physical threats and assaults, such as being bitten, pushed, punched, kicked and scratched.
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Austin Dollar General faces more fines

  • OSHA cited Dollar General for four violations at an Austin, Texas, store.
  • The agency cited Dollar General for blocked exits and fire extinguishers not maintained or mounted as required.
  • OSHA investigators said two of the violations were serious and two were repeats and proposed penalties of $298,685.
  • The department said OSHA has cited Dollar General and its subsidiary Dolgencorp in 240 inspections since 2017.
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Nominations for National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

  • The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nominations to fill two Department of Health and Human Services-designated vacancies on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.
  • The 12-member committee advises the Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters related to administering the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
  • The committee meets two to four times a year.
  • The Secretary of Labor will appoint members designated by the Secretary of HHS. The members will serve two-year terms beginning Nov. 16, 2023.
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