Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exclude from the definition of employer any person with no more than ten full-time employees and with an occupational injury incidence rate not exceeding seven percent.
Provides, with regard to such small businesses, that: (1) the Secretary of Labor may conduct health inspections and investigate serious injuries or deaths involving workplace safety; (2) employees or their representatives may request an inspection by filing a written complaint with the Secretary; and (3) citations may only be issued if the violating condition created a serious risk and was knowingly or recklessly permitted to exist.
Directs the Secretary to publish annually in the Federal Register the occupational injury incidence rate for such employer category.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
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