OSHA Resumes Regular Enforcement Following Hurricane Irma

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has resumed normal enforcement throughout most of Florida and Georgia. Most programmed enforcement actions were put on hold following Hurricane Irma, OSHA said. After the hurricane, OSHA provided compliance assistance and outreach to employers and workers involved in cleanup and recovery. Thousands of crews and individual workers received job-safety and health technical assistance. OSHA retained the right to inspect fatalities, catastrophic accidents, employee complaints, and employers that repeatedly exposed employees to serious h...