Pointing to an increase in the number of deadly accidents among agency workers, particularly on the first day on the job, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced further controls on compliance with safety regulations for those workers. (Ref. 130294)
“OSHA today sent a memorandum to the agency’s regional administrators directing field inspectors to assess whether employers who use temporary workers are complying with their responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act,” the agency announced on Monday, April 29. OSHA covers the most part of the private sector and part of public authorities.
Indeed, “In recent months, we have received a series of reports of temporary workers suffering fatal injuries during the first days on a
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