OSHA Emphasis Programs

OSHA Emphasis Programs
We all know that the goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to ensure workplace safety across various industries in the United States. Some of these industries include, construction, agriculture, maritime, logging and general industry. OSHA uses a couple of programs to address specific hazards that they see in the workplace. The first one we discussed in a previous article is OSHA’s Top Ten Violations. These are the most frequently occurring non-compliances OSHA uncovered during the prior fiscal year (October to September). What is beneficial about this Top Ten List, is it gives companies a guide to evaluate their safety programs and processes, and compare them to what OSHA Compliance Officers are finding in the workplace.

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