Safety & Workers' Compensation in Staffing Flashcards

Under OSHA's multi-employer worksite policy, which party is typically responsible for recording a temporary worker's injury on the OSHA 300 Log?

Answer: The host employer (client), because it controls the worksite where the injury occurred

OSHA's multi-employer guidance states that the host employer who supervises the day-to-day work is responsible for recording temporary worker injuries on the OSHA 300 Log.

A staffing agency's Experience Modification Rate (EMR) is calculated using which primary data source?

Answer: The agency's own workers' compensation claims history over a three-year period

EMR is calculated by state rating bureaus using the staffing agency's own workers' compensation loss history, typically over the most recent three completed policy years.

Under OSHA's multi-employer citation policy, a staffing agency can be cited as a 'controlling employer' when it:

Answer: Has the authority to correct or require correction of safety violations at the client worksite

A staffing agency may be cited as a controlling employer if it has contractual or actual authority to identify hazards and require the host employer to correct them.

Which federal statute requires staffing agencies to provide temporary workers with information about hazardous chemicals they may encounter at a client's worksite?

Answer: OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200)

OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom/GHS) requires employers, including staffing agencies, to inform workers about chemical hazards through training, labels, and Safety Data Sheets.

When a temporary worker is injured on a client's worksite, who is primarily responsible for filing a workers' compensation claim?

Answer: The staffing agency, because it is the employer of record for the temporary worker

Because the staffing agency is the employer of record, it carries the workers' compensation insurance and is responsible for filing and managing the claim.

A staffing agency's OSHA Recordable Incident Rate (RIR) is calculated as: (Number of recordable injuries × 200,000) ÷ total hours worked. Why is 200,000 used as the constant?

Answer: It represents 100 full-time employees working 40 hours per week for 50 weeks

The 200,000-hour constant normalizes the rate to 100 full-time equivalent workers (100 employees × 40 hrs/week × 50 weeks), enabling fair comparisons across companies of different sizes.

Which best describes the 'host employer' obligation under OSHA's guidelines for protecting temporary workers?

Answer: The host employer must treat temporary workers like its own employees regarding worksite-specific hazards and safety training

OSHA's guidelines make clear that host employers must provide temporary workers with the same worksite-specific hazard training and protections they give to their own direct employees.