OSHA Issues 2014 SST Plan

 Posted on December 00,0000 in Cook County personal injury lawyer

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, (OSHA) recently announced its yearly inspection plan, specifically targeting areas that have the highest rates of injury and illness occur in the workplace.

The 2014 Site-Specific Targeting (SST) program is based on results the agency conducted in 2012 of companies in industries which are in high-hazard industries surveyed over 80,000 companies. In the appendix of the plan, OSHA lists descriptions of the industries of the companies they surveyed, which included air transportation, automobiles, construction materials,  courier services, department stores, groceries, manufacturing, medical facilities, poultry products, scrap and waste, trucking and warehousing.

The results were then used to come up with the plan, which is geared for companies in non-hazard industries which have 20 or more employees.

Included in the plan is a checklist to be used by compliance safety officers. This checklist should help the officers with inspection and scheduling procedures.

In a released statement, Dr. David Michaels, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health explained, “By focusing our inspection resources on employers in high hazard industries who endanger their employees, we can prevent injuries and illnesses and save lives.”

In order to measure the effectiveness of the 2014 SST, OSHA will randomly select 1,260 companies to study if the recommendations in the program help to decrease the number of workplace injury and illnesses. The formula that OSHA uses to make their determination is based on days away, restricted or transferred, referred to as DART rate and days away from work injury and illness, referred to as DAFWII rate.

Unlike last year, nursing and personal care facilities are not included in this year's SST plan, but will instead be included in OSHA’s Nursing and Personal Care Facilities National Emphasis Program.

If you have been injured in an accident which took place at work, contact an experienced Orland Park personal injury attorney to find out what compensation you may be entitled to for pain and loss.