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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a pioneer in the field of occupational safety and health in the region, taking continuous steps towards enhancing the work environment and ensuring the safety and health of workers in all sectors of the labor market through its efforts to reduce work-related injuries, occupational diseases and fatalities, and these efforts are manifested in a series of continuous successes that contribute to strengthening its regional and international position in this field.

OSHA has issued an updated directive on recordkeeping policies and procedures, reflecting the agency’s efforts to modernize the guidance governing workplace injury and illness reporting. The new directive. The update replaces the 2004 directive (CPL 02-00-135) and introduces enhanced enforcement guidance under OSHA’s injury and illness recordkeeping regulation. The agency says that aligning its policies with modern practices and regulatory requirements will improve clarity and bring greater consistency to the reporting of workplace incidents

OSHA finalized a revised rule on the agency’s personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for construction to specifically mandate that PPE must properly fit the worker. This update ensures consistency with the language used in OSHA’s PPE standards for general industry and shipyards, reinforcing the requirement for properly fitting PPE in construction settings. OSHA received many comments supporting the inclusion of an explicit requirement on proper fit. In clarifying the roles of employers and employees on this matter, OSHA confirmed that it is the employer’s responsibility to make sure their workers are equipped with PPE that fits them appropriately.