Top 5 Reasons to Get OSHA Inspections, OSHA Recordkeeping, and Lockout/Tagout Right

Year over year, there were certain OSHA regulations that were more commonly cited than others. The frequency of citations under specific regulations was certainly workplace and industry-dependent, but two standards that tended to be repeatedly considered and/or cited in the course of an OSHA inspection were Recordkeeping and Lockout/Tagout. Indeed, OSHA requested OSHA injury and illness records during every federal OSHA or state-plan inspection, which made them an easy target if the Agency was looking for something on which to cite an employer. Several lockout/tagout requirements tended to provide low-hanging fruit for compliance officers during an inspection related to an injury or complaint involving workplace equipment/machines, and the Amputations National Emphasis Program could have been used to broaden a more limited inspection to address lockout/tagout more generally. This also made it essential for employers to understand their rights during an inspection and what control they had in limiting its scope. This webinar reviewed why these areas of OSHA practice were important to get right and proactively address. Specifically, the webinar covered: Significance of understanding and preparing for OSHA inspections. Potential areas of exposure due to improper or inaccurate recordkeeping. Employer vulnerabilities related to the requirements of the Lockout/Tagout standard. A webinar from Conn Maciel Carey LLP. Use of this video does not in any manner constitute or establish an attorney-client relationship between Conn Maciel Carey and the viewer. This video may be deemed "attorney advertising" in jurisdictions from which it is accessed. The decision to hire a lawyer is a serious one and should be undertaken after consideration of all relevant information, not only information on this video.