HR and Workplace Safety: Kentucky
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Todd Logsdon, Fisher Phillips
Summary
This guide provides HR professionals with an overview of Kentucky requirements regarding workplace safety and health, including those related to the state plan, the Kentucky Safety and Health (OSH) Program, compliance programs, covered employers, differences from federal law, workplace posters, reporting injuries and fatalities, the statute of limitations for personal injuries, the use of electronic devices while driving, and drug and alcohol testing.