Dr. David Michaels, five years into his job as OSHA boss and the longest-serving OSHA leader in agency history, gave a state of the OSHA nation report at ASSE’s Safety 2014 conference in Orlando this past June.
• OSHA is very concerned about the safety of temporary workers. They are among the most vulnerable workers due to often inadequate or non-existent safety training and supervision, frequent hazardous working conditions, and confusion over who is responsible for safety training and supervision -- the temp agency or the host employer. Both must bear responsibility, communicate, and work out a safety plan for temps.