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Here's a good article that weighs the pros and cons of contesting OSHA citations through the Informal Conference process. This blog post is the 8th highest traffic page on our website, so I have added my own comments and updates (August 2021) in parentheses & bold text where appropriate based on our extensive experience helping clients navigator OSHA enforcement actions. OSHA's tempting offer: Should you settle? - M. Lee Smith Publishers M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC Date: June 22 2005 [...]

Update:  These OSHA construction confined space rules are still in effect. Learn more below in our original blog post from 2015. The "Skinny" In May of this year, OSHA announced a new rule that will significantly enhance confined space compliance requirements for the construction industry. Why? According to OSHA: "Manholes, crawl spaces, tanks and other confined spaces are not intended for continuous occupancy.  They are also difficult to exit in an emergency. People in confined spaces face life-threatening hazards [...]

Outsourced EHS Compliance Solutions Due to budgetary considerations, many businesses are unable to staff a full time safety manager and instead assign OSHA compliance responsibilities to others such as an operations or HR manager.However, keeping up to date with complex OSHA rules & regulations, program development and documentation, continually assessing the workplace for hazards, providing ongoing safety training for employees, in addition to their other work responsibilities, can see, impossible and overwhelming.Not to mention the fact that effective and [...]

Update:  Unfortunately falls continue to be the #1 killer of construction workers year after year.....I originally wrote the blog post below back in 2013, but unfortunately what was true back then is still true to day.  Small Texas construction companies still struggle to manage fall protection hazards leading to hundreds of preventable injuries and fatalities and major fines and penalties... THE SKINNY---------------------------   According to statistics recently released by OSHA, more construction workers were killed in Texas by falls in [...]