Controlling Employer

摘要

Congress enacted the OSH Act of 1970 to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for every working person in the nation. As early as 1971, OSHA published a Field Operations Manual (FOM) containing a multiemployer worksite policy including both creating employer and exposing employer citation policies. By 1981, a correcting employer citation policy had been added to the FOM, and in 1994 the multiemployer worksite policy was formally amended to add a controlling employer citation policy to the FOM replacement, Field Inspection Reference Manual. During the past 4 decades, the secretary of labor, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and various U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal have all accepted the propriety of the controlling employer concept. As a result, the current multiemployer worksite policy now contains citation policies for creating employer, exposing employer, correcting employer and controlling employer situations.