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Business Owners Who Fail to Manage OSHA Compliance Face Potential Criminal Prosecution Many business owners aren't aware that they can be held criminally responsible for intentionally failing to manage OSHA safety regulations if this negligence results in a workplace fatality. These cases demonstrates that The DOL (Department of Labor, OSHA is a department within DOL) & DOJ (Department of Justice) may actually be following through on their initiative announced in December, 2015 to begin holding business owners directly and criminally [...]

We received a call recently from the owner of a small manufacturer which was unlike any call I’d ever received before, for several reasons. The person started by explaining that they had been inspected by OSHA the previous day, and had just received an emailed letter from the inspector which contained 24 issues that required response within 7 days. Given our experience dealing with OSHA enforcement, I was very surprised to hear that the inspector was asking about [...]

This is a question we hear all of the time:  Do generic on-line, videos, & CD-ROM safety training courses meet OSHA’s standards? In other words, if your company uses these generic training platforms will it suffice to protect your employees from your specific workplace safety hazards (hint, hint) and protect your company from OSHA fines. Etc.? colleagues discussing financial data in the office OSHA’s guidance on this issue isn’t crystal clear but we did a little research and [...]