As regulatory compliance expands with fast-changing, ever-growing requirements, safety and quality professionals are falling behind. Senior management, particularly among small and mid-sized manufacturers, delegates the function of safety and quality without fully comprehending the scope and rigor required to maintain compliance to the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Short-staffing, tight budgets, and too much work make the deadlines, training, and documentation requirements mandated by OSHA a veritable nightmare for many quality assurance managers. They are tasked with avoiding noncompliance lawsuits and fines, but without the option of adding staff, many quality assurance managers are looking at hiring third-party experts to create a customized OSHA compliance program.

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