OSHA's Final Rule on PPE

My friend Frank reminded me that in January 2009, OSHA published its final rule "Clarification of Employers' Duty to Provide PPE and Train Each Employee. "As of January 12, 2009, employers that do not provide personal protective equipment (PPE) and training to every covered employee can be penalized for a separate violation for EACH unprotected or untrained worker.

The significant thing here is that prior to this new rule, OSHA could only issue one citation no matter how many employees were involved. For example, if 10 workers weren't wearing their required hard hats, you only got one citation. Under the new rules, you could receive 10 citations, one for each offending worker. This should get your attention!