OSHA has been adamant in its insistence that employers and staffing agencies share responsibility for temporary worker protection. Get the latest on a big-dollar case with wide-ranging implications.
A Georgia auto parts manufacturer and a staffing agency were cited and fined for continuing to expose workers to fall, amputation, and electrocution hazards at a site in Thomson, Georgia. Acting on a complaint, and as part of a regional emphasis program in the auto parts industry, OSHA investigated and cited the parts maker and a staffing agency it used with 24 violations.