Tag: violations

OSHA Implements COVID National Emphasis Program (NEP)

Jon Redmond /March 24, 2021

Responding to President Biden’s Executive Order of January 2021, OSHA announced, effective for the next 12 months (beginning March 12, 2021), their National Emphasis Program (NEP) for COVID-19. The OSHA…

RHP Profile on COVID-19: The Importance of Respiratory Protection for Your Workers

Jon Redmond /February 25, 2021

A local Chicago hospital finds themselves on the wrong side of OSHA, a situation that could have been avoided. As reported in the Chicago Tribune (L. Schencker, Feb. 24, 2021),…

CA, MI, OR, VA: Benchmarks for OSHA Emergency COVID-19 Standard

Jon Redmond /February 10, 2021

Less than 24 hours after inauguration, President Biden issued an executive order tasking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider the necessity of an emergency COVID-19 standard; to…

Common OSHA Citations in the Cannabis Industry: Employee (PPE)

Jon Redmond /January 23, 2020

Common OSHA Citations in the Cannabis Industry: Employee Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Are you a cannabis cultivator, processor, or involved in another part of the legal cannabis industry? Even though…