OSHA is now enforcing the Severe Violators Enforcement Program that it announced in April. The program focuses enforcement efforts on employers who willfully and repeatedly endanger workers by exposing them to serious hazards. The directive establishes procedures and enforcement actions for the severe violator program, including increased inspections, such as mandatory follow-up inspections of a workplace found in violation and inspections of other worksites of the same company where similar hazards or deficiencies may be present.
AGC is concerned that the administration's efforts to emphasize fines and penalties over collaboration and results will undermine successful partnerships between industry and government that helped cut the construction fatality rate in half between 1998 and 2008.
For more information, contact Kevin Cannon at (703) 837-5410 or cannonk@agc.org.
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