You’re Not Really ‘OSHA Exempt’

It’s not complicated. If you have employees, you are subject to OSHA regulations.“Often times you see people who think they are exempt. There is really no exemption from OSHA,” says one agency official, a compliance assistant specialist in Wisconsin. “For OSHA to have coverage, all you need is an employer-employee relationship.”If you had 10 or fewer employees in the previous calendar year, you are exempt from OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping — the OSHA 300 log. However, the size exemption still requires those employers to report specific incidents to OSHA. Low-risk businesses may also be exempt from recordkeeping, but that