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Submitted By Paul Feck, Sedgwick on Thursday, 3/12/2026 I n 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created at the federal level, but public employees were exempt from coverage. This was addressed in 1992 when the Public Employment Risk Reduction Program (PERRP) was established specifically for public sector employers, including state agencies, counties, townships, and school districts, to ensure safe and healthy work environments.   The agencies mi

Submitted By Paul Feck, Sedgwick on Thursday, 3/12/2026 The word “fraud” carries a heavy connotation with it and making a fraud referral to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation can feel a bit overwhelming. What should you do if you suspect that a fraudulent claim has been filed against you?  The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has an entire division devoted to analyzing and investigating fraud concerns.  The Special Investigations Department was created in 1994 with the sole p

Attention Manufacturer members: I have received the following resumes. Contact me if you would like to take a look.

Submitted By Paul Feck, Sedgwick on Thursday, 2/12/2026 Happy New Year to everyone!!!  Hope you all had a safe and healthy holiday season!!!!  Now that 2025 is behind us, hopefully you have finalized your OSHA Injury and Illness Log for 2025 and printed, signed and posted the 300A Summary form in a conspicuous location.  This was due on February 1 st and the Summary form must remain posted until April 30 th . Excellent work if you have this completed, however, some employers

By attorney Bob Dunlevey and attorney Marc Fleischauer of Taft Law on Wednesday, 2/4/2026 On January 22, 2026, the newly constituted Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the Trump administration voted to rescind its own 2024 Biden-era guidance that had expressly shielded gay and transgender employees from specific treatment deemed harassing or discriminatory.  This vote signals a meaningful retreat from the strict, expansive workplace rules the 2024 harassment gui

Submitted By Paul Feck, Sedgewick on Friday, 1/16/2026 As we enter 2026, it’s time to prepare your OSHA (for private employers) and PERRP (for public employers) recordkeeping logs, summaries, and online reports. These records should be updated throughout the year as injuries occur. OSHA and PERRP both require employers to review each injury and determine whether it must be recorded within 7 days  of notification.  Below is a reminder of the key recordkeeping deadlines: OSHA a

Submitted By Paul Feck, Sedgewick on Friday, 1/16/2026 If you are a private employer that did not enroll or qualify for a Group Rating premium discount program in November for the 2026 policy year, Group Retrospective Rating may be an excellent option for your organization to still consider. Group Retrospective Rating is a performance-based incentive program designed to recover a portion of premium for employers that reduce injury rates and lower associated claims costs. It i

The Association is led by a strong group of individuals who cares about manufacturing and who cares about DRMA.  Meet your new board chair and trustees. 2026 Chairman, A.J. Rolling A.J. Rolling is owner and president of Cat-Wood Metalworks, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) precision machine shop supporting the defense industry, located in Moraine.  A.J. is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering a

Curious about how DRMA’s FREE legal services plan works? Check out this overview written by our very own Bob Dunlevey from Taft.

DRMA’s New President: Amy Schrimpf