Inspections

A Practical Guide for Construction Vice Presidents Can OSHA inspect a construction jobsite without a warrant? Yes—but not always. Let me explain. When OSHA arrives at one of your construction projects, you'll have to make decisions that can affect far more than a single citation. Do you cooperate? Refuse entry? Call your attorney? One wrong decision can disrupt production, strain client relationships, increase insurance costs, damage your company's reputation, and even affec

What Every Construction Company Owner Should Know MIOSHA Inspecting a job site in Michigan The answer is surprisingly simple. OSHA usually ends up on your jobsite for one of two reasons: Something happened. They simply chose your project. "How do your compliance officers decide which construction projects to inspect?" I asked that question to a senior member of MIOSHA during a trade association meeting. Their answer caught me off guard. "Our officers drive around and stop at

Workers dismantling a scaffold on construction project Workers need more than just a written safety manual. They need to know: Where it is How to actually find it and more importantly; how to use it This does not happen becasue we "went over it" in orientations, trainings, or meetings. My experience has proved to me that it takes at least 3 practices for a worker to actually have confidence to access a safety manual when under the pressure of an OSHA officer asking them fo