Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs) - Through the development and implementation of LEPs, OSHA will direct enforcement efforts to stimulus package-related construction, infrastructure, green-energy projects, and to industries in manufacturing that support those projects. LEPs will also be applied to federal agencies and their contractors, coupled with additional focus through OSHA’s federal agency inspection targeting system.
Expected Completion Date: May 15, 2009
Award State Plan Grants - OSHA will offer $3,750,000 in grant funding to State Plan states, which administer their own OSHA-approved occupational safety and health plans and receive up to 50 percent matching funds under Section 23(g) of the OSH Act. State plans for activities of Recovery Act will be completed in July 2009. State grants will be given to State Plan States that are able to match Federal funding.
Expected Completion Date: July 1, 2009
Revised Corporate-Wide Settlement Agreement Directive - OSHA will revise this directive to expand the use of corporate-wide settlement agreements (CSAs). Under the current program, CSAs are used primarily to resolve significant enforcement actions with penalties in excess of $100,000, and include only very large companies with many locations/establishments. The directive will be revised to proactively encourage CSAs with smaller, multi-site employers, and in lower-penalty cases. These settlements will address safety and/or health hazards that exist at more than one location. To the extent employers are willing to enter into these agreements; this approach will be advantageous to the Agency because employers’ compliance and abatement efforts will expand to entire corporations rather than one establishment at a time.
Expected Completion Date: August 31, 2009
State Plan Enforcement - OSHA will work with State Plans to direct their enforcement resources to those work sites and industries affected by projects supported by the Recovery Act. States will deploy compliance officers to Recovery Act-funded projects and related industries. They will also develop and implement local emphasis programs targeting Recovery Act-funded projects.
Expected Completion Date: Ongoing through September 30, 2010
Advisory Councils - OSHA will work with stakeholders through coordination with Advisory Committees (the National Advisory Committee of Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH), the Federal Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH), and the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) to notify stakeholders of the Agency’s Recovery Act plans.
Expected Completion Date: Ongoing through September 30, 2010
Construction Data Collection - OSHA will expand its collection of injury and illness data to approximately 20,000 construction firms beginning in May 2009. This will be accomplished through a task order added to a previously competed contract. An Recovery Act task announcement will be made and the contract modified to include the required Recovery Act clauses before any award. This will help OSHA target its resources to the areas of greatest need – to more efficiently target inspections and provide earlier identification of industry sectors.
Expected Completion Date: Ongoing through September 30, 2010
Reporting - OSHA will establish special monthly activity reporting requirements to collect data on stimulus activity in the agency’s Integrated Management Information System (IMIS). Reporting will comply with Recovery Act requirements.
Expected Completion Date: Ongoing through September 30, 2010