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Subcommittee questions OSHA enforcement changes: worker walk-arounds and instance-by-instance citations
Summary
Employers and legal counsel told the House subcommittee that recent OSHA enforcement changes — including the worker walk-around rule and expansion of instance-by-instance citations under the Severe Violator Enforcement Program — broaden enforcement and paperwork requirements; others argued the tools help inspectors and workers.
Members of the House Education and Labor subcommittee examined recent changes in OSHA enforcement policy, including amendments to worker representation during inspections (the “walk-around” rule), the expansion of instance-by-instance citation practices, and the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
Felicia Watson, senior counsel at Littler Mendelson, said the changes have shifted OSHA toward a more disciplinary posture and expanded instance-by-instance citation beyond willful violations to recordkeeping and other non-safety paperwork violations. Watson testified that…
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