2019 Outlook: Job Violence, Heat Stress Are Hot Safety Issues

Congress, federal regulators, or both are likely in 2019 to take steps to protect workers from violence, prevent heat stress, and revise injury reporting, officials told Bloomberg Law.

The most significant rule the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expected to complete in 2019 is changing which injury and illness records employers must provide the agency (RIN:1218-AD17). The final rule, projected by OSHA for a June release, would overturn several requirements approved in the final year of the Obama administration.

If the changes stick to what OSHA has proposed, small companies in hazardous industries and all ...