Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog

OSHA reports on most-cited violations in fiscal year 2024

Posted by Jon Elliott on Thu, Jun 26, 2025

The US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reported a list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA for all industries, during federal Fiscal Year (FY 2024). The remainder of this note provides OSHA’s list, with links to the standards (i.e., general industry standards) I’ve written about in other notes.

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Tags: OSHA, Safety and Health at Work, EHSCompliance, Safety Regulations, Worker Safety, Regulatory Compliance, Health and Safety, Fall Prevention, Safety Training

Canada addresses PFAS “forever chemicals”

Posted by Jon Elliott on Thu, Apr 03, 2025

What are Canadian agencies doing to evaluate and control the hazards of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – often referred to as “forever chemicals”? The short answer is “More all the time, directed at more types of PFAS.” On March 5, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada issued their joint “State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report” (Report), a 289 page status and plan report on research, information and regulatory efforts directed at PFAS hazards in Canada. The report completes a process that began in 2021, producing a draft Report In May 2023 and an updated draft in July 2024. 

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Tags: EHS, sustainability, PFAS, compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Regulations, Health and Safety, Forever Chemicals