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OSHA’s Heat Enforcement Just Got Stronger. Is Your Workplace Ready?

OSHA'S HEAT ENFORCEMENT JUST GOT STRONGER Is Your Workplace Heat Prevention Ready? Some headlines this week got it wrong. OSHA's Heat National Emphasis Program (NEP) didn't quietly expire on April 8th, it came back stronger. On April 10th, OSHA issued a fully revised Heat NEP, effective immediately. It's a data-driven overhaul built to last — and it's running for five years. What Changed The new NEP uses four years of real inspection and injury data to focus heat enforcement on 55 of the highest-risk industries — construction, manufacturing, landscaping, food service, warehousing, and more. If your workers sweat on the job, assume

2026-04-16T08:51:15-04:00
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Top 5 OSHA Updates Employers Need to Know This Year

OSHA’S TOP 5 RECENT UPDATES Top OSHA regulation updates impacting employers across most industries What's New With OSHA? OSHA has rules and regulations to help keep each and every worker safe each day in the United States. Staying compliant with existing OSHA laws is a crucial part of maintaining a safe workforce. It can be a challenge to follow and keep up with new rules and changes to existing ones. Below, we'll highlight the top five OSHA updates that affect the majority of industries. While this isn’t a complete list of every regulatory change, it provides a strong foundation for safety planning in the

2026-01-27T11:22:46-05:00
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OSHA’s Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards in 2025

OSHA’s TOP 10 VIOLATIONS LIST FOR 2025 What Employers Need to Know What Hazards are the Hardest to Prevent Creating a safe workplace takes an ongoing effort that includes employee training, written program updates, safety meetings, and inspections. Even so, many employers are surprised to learn they still fall short in key compliance areas. OSHA’s most frequently cited safety violations highlight where workplaces commonly struggle, and where injuries, fatalities, lost time, and costly citations are most likely to occur. Below is an overview of OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Safety Violations, based on OSHA enforcement data. While rankings shift slightly year to year, these same standards consistently

2025-12-19T16:41:43-05:00
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OSHA 10 & 30 Hour Requirements & Expiration

Updated August 2025 10/30 Hour OSHA Construction Topics 10/30 Hour OSHA General Industry Topics Does OSHA Require 10 or 30 Hour Training? NO! Federal OSHA has not required employees to obtain their 10 or 30 hour OSHA outreach card. If you're looking for proper safety and health training, you might assume that a 10 or 30 Hour OSHA Outreach Training Class would be the most thorough and OSHA compliant. However, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) doesn't require a specific training length. OSHA wants to ensure that employers are providing workplace specific training based off of the hazards employees may encounter on the

2025-08-29T10:57:29-04:00
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OSHA National Fall Prevention Stand Down

May 5 through May 9 Falls from an elevation continues to be a leading cause of death for construction workers. Participate in OSHA's National Fall Stand-Down What is a Safety Stand-Down? A Safety Stand-Down is a voluntary event at work, where employers and employees focus on safety. Any workplace can participate, even those not exposed to fall risks, by using the time to discuss other hazards, protective measures, and overall safety goals. It’s also a chance for workers to share safety concerns directly with management. Help Prevent Falls  Anyone interested in preventing workplace hazards can join a Stand-Down. Past participants include companies

2025-04-18T14:29:23-04:00
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How Much Are OSHA Penalties & Fines?

OSHA penalty amounts are indexed to inflation and new levels for civil fines are announced in January each year. Penalties for 2025 were just announced with a maximum of $165,514 for specific violations! Congress gave OSHA the authority to fine employers for violating safety standards. From 1990 to 2015, penalties were capped at $7,000 per serious, other-than-serious, or posting violations, and $70,000 for willful or repeat violations. With inflation declining, maximum OSHA penalty amounts increased roughly 3% over last year or about $500 to a maximum of $165,514 for the most severe and repeated violations! OSHA: Created in 1970 to

2025-02-17T10:04:43-05:00
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How to Electronically Submit OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 Forms

View our Basics of OSHA Recordkeeping webinar recording to understand and comply with OSHA recordkeeping requirements. Summary of OSHA Reporting Submission Requirements For many years, OSHA has required certain employers to submit summaries (Form 300A) of their workplace injury and illness incidents for baseline data on the health and safety of America’s workforce. A new rule, effective January 1st, 2024 requires many businesses to also submit additional OSHA forms (300 log and 301 incident reports) electronically to OSHA by March 2nd of each year.  This enables the agency to dig deeper into workplace injury or illness data for insights that improve enforcement or drive new regulations to protect

2024-01-24T17:04:34-05:00
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Combustible Dust Hazards Targeted for OSHA Inspections

A revision to an existing National Emphasis Program directs OSHA to increase jobsite inspections for combustible dust in specific industries.  Take necessary action now to avoid hazards and pass an inspection without being cited and publicly known as an OSHA compliance violator. Here is a great collection of OSHA resources to reference about Combustible Dust: An OSHA resource page with many useful links. A simple OSHA guide to combustible dusts you can view. A very technical OSHA deep dive. An existing Nationwide Enforcement Program focuses on combustible dust hazards and was revised on January 30, 2023. The National Emphasis Program, starting in 2008, focused OSHA inspections on the unique and often hidden hazard

2025-02-03T08:36:12-05:00
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OSHA is Increasing Jobsite Inspections for Heat-Related Risks

New National Emphasis Program directs OSHA to increase jobsite inspections on heat-related illnesses within 70 specific industries.  Learn how to pass an inspection to avoid your company being cited and publicly known as an OSHA compliance violator.   A first ever nationwide enforcement mechanism for heat-related hazards. Citing a doubling of heat illness and injuries since the early 1990s where 3500 workers are injured each year, “OSHA is launching a targeted program to protect workers across the nation from the increasing threat of heat-related illness.” (Source). OSHA’ new National Emphasis Program (NEP)  called ‘Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards’ is to protect workers from these heat risks by proactively targeting specific industries when the National Weather

2025-02-03T08:36:12-05:00
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Cal/OSHA Set to Implement New Violation Classifications

Two New Violation Classifications Beginning January 01, 2022, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), more commonly known as Cal/OSHA, will officially start expanding its citation enforcement for employers by implementing two new classifications of violations. California Governor, Gavin Newsome, signed SB 606 on September 27, 2021, which is the Bill that gives Cal/OSHA the necessary power to adequality enforce these new violations for the purpose of the life, safety and health of employees at all places of employment. This new law will have one of the more significant impacts on employers in California since the most recent penalty increases for all violation classifications. The biggest impact will come to large employers with

2021-10-29T14:45:20-04:00
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