Workforce Bulletin

By Alexis M. Downs and Eric J. Conn

Companies that operate multiple facilities in different locations, such as national retail stores, grocery chains, manufacturers, and hotel chains, need to be aware of three new OSHA enforcement trends with enterprise-wide consequences:

• A rise in follow-up inspections and Repeat violations at sister facilities within a corporate family;
• OSHA’s increasing pursuit of company-wide abatement provisions in settlement agreements; and
• OSHA’s recent requests for enterprise-wide relief from the Occupational Safety and Health Review ...