WEBINAR REPLAY

What to Do When OSHA Shows Up at Your Door

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OSHA does not schedule an appointment. They show up, present their credentials, tell you why they are there, and start asking for records. What happens in the next few hours depends almost entirely on what you did before they arrived.

In this webinar, Lacey Partipilo, VP of Client Success at Xenium HR, is joined by Deb Bridges, ASP, safety consultant with Safety Northwest, LLC, to walk through the full arc of an Oregon OSHA inspection. From the knock at the front desk to the closing conference to the appeals process.

Deb covers what OSHA asks for, where employers most often fall short, and what the new Oregon penalty structure means now that it is in its second year. Base penalties for serious violations jumped from around $300 to roughly $3,600, they are indexed to rise every year, and Oregon still has the same high number of enforcement officers out in the field.

What you’ll learn:

• Why OSHA shows up, and what your front desk needs to know
• What records they will ask for, and how current they need to be
• How to handle the facility walkthrough and employee interviews
• The most common documentation gaps that turn into citations
• How the new Oregon penalty structure works, including repeat and willful add-ons
• The top cited violations and how one weak area can trigger several citations
• What actually happens at the closing conference, and why the officer does not write your citation
• Whether OSHA consultation is a good idea for your business

If it is not documented, OSHA assumes it did not happen. This session is about closing that gap before someone else finds it.