Blog #1 - OSHA 300 Logs: A Basic Guide for Staffing Companies
According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) definition, an employer is any organization that hires an individual to work for that company on a part-time or full-time basis. A growing trend the the labor workforce is for these same organizations to now outsource the hiring of new employees to staffing companies. That change in the hiring process calls into question who then becomes responsible when a workplace injury occurs.
Who Must Comply
OSHA requires employers to maintain an OSHA 300 Log that documents all occurrences of workplace injuries or accidents. Initially the requirement to report an injury or accident fell onto the shoulders of the …show more content…
Direct supervision entails the daily monitoring of a temporary worker in the process of output, product or result operations for the host employer. The supervision is done in a manner that matches the supervision of a company’s full time staff employees.
In the event that a staffing agency places someone at a host employer job site and gives that person a specific task of supervising the temporary worker, then the burden of compliance shifts to the staffing agency. The best course of action that staffing companies can take in regards to the illness and injury reporting requirements is to fully understand the OSHA laws of each state where they have active involvement with host employer relationships.
Blog #2 - Pro Tip: Temporary Worker Training as Vital as Full Time Employee Training
A recent ruling by the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sheds light on the practice of not providing adequate training to temporary workers. The ruling highlights the consequences that an employer and staffing agency can suffer from failing to train a temporary worker on the same level as a full time staff …show more content…
OSHA starts an investigation into the situation upon hearing of the incident. The investigation team determines that the employer’s failure to create a protective barrier between the candy-wrapping machine and involuntary contact with objects, increase the likelihood of employees enduring physical harm to body parts. When the amputation accident occurs, the manufacturing employer fails to report the accident to OSHA within 24 hours, as
According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) definition, an employer is any organization that hires an individual to work for that company on a part-time or full-time basis. A growing trend the the labor workforce is for these same organizations to now outsource the hiring of new employees to staffing companies. That change in the hiring process calls into question who then becomes responsible when a workplace injury occurs.
Who Must Comply
OSHA requires employers to maintain an OSHA 300 Log that documents all occurrences of workplace injuries or accidents. Initially the requirement to report an injury or accident fell onto the shoulders of the …show more content…
Direct supervision entails the daily monitoring of a temporary worker in the process of output, product or result operations for the host employer. The supervision is done in a manner that matches the supervision of a company’s full time staff employees.
In the event that a staffing agency places someone at a host employer job site and gives that person a specific task of supervising the temporary worker, then the burden of compliance shifts to the staffing agency. The best course of action that staffing companies can take in regards to the illness and injury reporting requirements is to fully understand the OSHA laws of each state where they have active involvement with host employer relationships.
Blog #2 - Pro Tip: Temporary Worker Training as Vital as Full Time Employee Training
A recent ruling by the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sheds light on the practice of not providing adequate training to temporary workers. The ruling highlights the consequences that an employer and staffing agency can suffer from failing to train a temporary worker on the same level as a full time staff …show more content…
OSHA starts an investigation into the situation upon hearing of the incident. The investigation team determines that the employer’s failure to create a protective barrier between the candy-wrapping machine and involuntary contact with objects, increase the likelihood of employees enduring physical harm to body parts. When the amputation accident occurs, the manufacturing employer fails to report the accident to OSHA within 24 hours, as