After the OSHA Inspection: What Do We Do Now? Effectively Handling OSHA.

Description

This program explores effective ways to handle not only the settlement process but also the contest of citations once received. Specifically, the program will first examine what employers should do during the inspection in order to prepare themselves to defend OSHA citations that they may receive. It will also explain what steps employers should take, once citations are received, to prepare for handling the OSHA informal conference and any type of mandatory settlement conference if the penalties are over $140,000. Additionally, the program will outline effective strategies in preparing for and handling hearings before the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission Administrative Law Judges and the Review Commissioners. Finally, the program will discuss how employers can use different strategies to significantly reducing penalty amounts as well as insuring that proper abatement of the citations is made and the proper certification documented.

Course Objectives:

• What employers need to be doing during the OSHA inspection to protect themselves in the contest of any citations issued

• Strategies for handling OSHA informal conferences and how to successfully manage a mandatory settlement conference when penalties exceed $140,000

• Ways an employer can utilize the settlement process to keep them out of the Severe Violators Enforcement Program

• Legal arguments that can be made for withdrawing citations as well as reducing their classifications and penalties

• Things employers should do after receipt of a citation to enhance their successful settlement strategies

Why Should You Attend:

Employers need to understand their legal obligations to their employees as well as OSHA’s burden of proof obligations to sustain any OSHA citation.

Who Will Benefit:

• Safety directors

• Safety Professionals

• HR Directors and Managers

• Production Managers

• Supervisors

• Workers Comp Managers

• Safety Committee Members

• Maintenance Department Managers