WASHINGTON – Repeat violators of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) health and safety standards in construction and other industries
may face more severe penalties starting in March.
OSHA issued a memo on Thursday stating OSHA regional administrators and area office directors can now cite certain types of violations as “instance-by-instance citations” for cases where the agency identifies “high-gravity” serious violations of OSHA standards where the language of the rule supports a citation for each instance of non-compliance.