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New National Emphasis Program<\/h2>\n

OSHA issued a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on fall protection, effective May 1, 2023. In the 90 days after May 1, and prior to implementation, OSHA area offices were to draft compliance information to give employers during or following an inspection being made under the NEP. The NEP gives OSHA Compliance Officers authority to enter and inspect
\nany site\/location where they observe any employee working more than 6 feet above the level below them, even if the employee is in compliance with fall protection rules.
\nOnce a Compliance Officer has access to the site, however, they may cite the employer
\nfor any OSHA violations observed.<\/p>\n

Instance by Instance Citations<\/h2>\n

On March 27, 2023, OSHA began applying a new policy for inspections, known as
\nthe \u201cInstance by Instance\u201d citation procedure. Under this procedure, OSHA Compliance
\nOfficers have authority to issue multiple citations on any inspection site where they observe employers are repeatedly exposing workers to life-threatening hazards or failing to comply with certain workplace safety and health requirements. Following a catastrophic injury\u2014i.e., one involving hospitalization for treatment of at least one employee, a fatality, the loss of an eye, or the amputation of any extremity\u2014if a Compliance Officer is inspecting a site and they find that employees have been exposed to life-threatening hazards, they may issue individual citations for each employee exposed to the hazard(s). Life-threatening hazards include fall protection hazards, ladder safety hazards, excavation hazards, machine guarding hazards, lockout tag-out hazards, etc. An instance-by-instance set of citations also may be issued if a Compliance Officer observes employees exposed to such hazards and determines that the employer had received a willful, repeat, or failure to abate
\nviolation for any OSHA violation during the preceding 5 years; or the employer had at any time failed to report a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye
\npursuant to the requirements of 29 CFR 1904.39.<\/p>\n

In Other News…<\/h2>\n

Additional developments include the following.<\/p>\n