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A Safety Professional's Guide to OSHA's Multi-Employer Citation Policy


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"Your worker may not have been exposed. But if you were involved in the chain of responsibility related to exposure of the hazard, you can be cited."

This week James and Dr. Martin break down OSHA's Multi-Employer Citation Policy, one of the most confusing and misapplied topics in workplace safety.


INSIDE THE EPISODE:

⚠️ The four employer roles: Creating, Exposing, Correcting, Controlling. You can be cited even if your employees weren't exposed.

⚠️ Contracts don't transfer OSHA risk. Indemnification transfers financial risk, but OSHA doesn't recognize that transfer.

⚠️ "Reasonable care" is decided by the general public. James says: "Go to Walmart. Pick the first 12 people. That's your jury."


RESOURCES:

  1. James's LinkedIn Article: A Safety Professional's Guide to OSHA's Multi-Employer Citation Policy https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/safety-professionals-guide-oshas-multi-employer-james-l4ade/

  2. CPL 02-00-124: OSHA's Multi-Employer Citation Policy https://www.osha.gov/enforcement/directives/cpl-02-00-124

  3. OSHA Field Operations Manual (Chapter 3) https://www.osha.gov/enforcement/directives/cpl-02-00-164

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