How to Handle an OSHA Inspection

Workplace Inspections
OSHA is authorized under the OSH Act to conduct workplace inspections without delay and at reasonable times where work is performed by an employee or employer. Most inspections are a result of the following:

• Imminent   Danger - there is reasonable certainty that danger exists and can be expected to cause death or serious physical harm.  

• Catastrophes  and  Fatal  Accidents - investigation of a fatality or a single event that results in the hospitalization of 3 or more employees. These types of accidents must be reported to OSHA within 8 hours.

• Employee   Complaints - the act gives each employee the right to request an OSHA inspection where they feel hazard exists on the job. (This is a common cause of OSHA inspections on construction projects.) 
   
• Local and National Emphasis Programs - in our region these operations include high-rises, trenching and excavations, falls, silica, high hazard workplaces and interior renovation projects in Chicago. 
   
• Focused  Inspections - these are centered on the Focus 4 hazards: Falls, electrical, caught-in/between and struck-by hazards.

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