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What Is an OSHA Recordable Injury?
Example of an injury that may be OSHA recordable depending on the treatment provided and OSHA's recording criteria. How to Determine if an Injury Is OSHA Recordable An injury that must be recorded on the OSHA 300 log is considerd "recordable" if it is: work-related a new injury case and results in any one of the following: death days away from work restricted work or transfer to another job medical treatment beyond first aid or loss of consciousness. What is medical treatment

Seth Wehner, SMP, CHST
Aug 32 min read


Can OSHA Inspect a Construction Jobsite Without a Warrant?
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

Seth Wehner, SMP, CHST
Jul 295 min read


What Triggers an OSHA Inspection?
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

Seth Wehner, SMP, CHST
Jul 245 min read


OSHA is onsite and is asking your new worker questions. How will they respond?
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

Seth Wehner, SMP, CHST
Jul 201 min read
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