While OSHA has moved away from an enforcement-based strategy on many initiatives, OSHA’s deputy director of the Directorate of Enforcement Programs made it clear at a recent conference that the agency is continuing to enforce joint employer liability for temporary worker safety and plans to issue more guidance for employers. The agency conducted nearly 600 inspections of workplaces with temporary workers in fiscal year 2016 and is continuing to conduct these inspections.
In addition, in every inspection compliance officers are directed to look for the presence of temporary workers and the unique hazards they are exposed to. OSHA has issued seven bulletins providing guidance to employers as part of the temporary worker initiative on injury and illness record-keeping requirements, personal protective equipment, whistleblower protection rights, safety and health training, hazard communication, bloodborne pathogens, and powered industrial trucks training.
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