Keeping Workers Safe Act

Bill: 117-s-3030
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-10-20
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Keeping Workers Safe Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Labor to notify the public about certain enforcement actions taken against an employer for safety and health violations.</p> <p>First, Labor must issue a notice of each enforcement action with a penalty greater than $60,000. Second, Labor must issue a notice of each enforcement action resulting from (1) multiple, serious violations, or (2) repeated violations classified as other-than-serious.</p> <p>Labor must issue a notice within seven days of taking the enforcement action and distribute it through</p> <ul> <li>regional and local newspapers in the area where the employer is located;</li> <li>applicable trade, industry, or labor organizations; and</li> <li>relevant state and local government entities.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3030 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 20, 2021 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein , and Mr. Menendez ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To require the Secretary of Labor to issue a notice to the public regarding each enforcement action under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 that results in large penalties or where multiple violations or repeated other-than-serious violations are present.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Workers Safe Act . 2. Publicizing large OSHA penalties Section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 666 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) Disclosure of large civil penalties (1) In general For each enforcement action against an employer in which the Secretary has assessed civil penalties in an amount greater than $60,000, or where multiple serious or repeated other-than-serious violations are present, the Secretary shall issue a notice to the public regarding the enforcement action not later than 7 days after the date on which the citation is issued. (2) Distribution The Secretary shall ensure that a notice to the public issued under paragraph (1) is distributed to relevant regional and local newspapers in the region in which the employer subject to the enforcement action is located, associated trade or industry organizations, relevant labor organizations, and relevant State and local government entities. .