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Recent OSHA Activity Provides Additional Mitigation Opportunities to Employers

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Recent actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may provide employers additional opportunities for penalty and enforcement relief. On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor updated OSHA penalty...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

OSHA’s New PPE Fit Requirements for the Construction Industry

Effective December 12, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized an update to its personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for the construction industry, emphasizing the importance of...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] Cal/OSHA Mid-Year Update - May 22nd, 1:00 pm EST

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As we near the half-way mark through 2024, join us as we take stock of what has happened at Cal/OSHA in the first few months of the year. We’ll cover new developments and agency priorities for the remainder of 2024 and...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Department of Labor 2023 Enforcement Report – OSHA Insights

On January 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“Department”) Office of Solicitor (“SOL”) published its FY2023 Enforcement Report (“Enforcement Report”). The report provides an insight into the Department’s labor and...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

MSHA’s New Powered Haulage Standard Rule and Implementation

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Since the mid-1990s, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has talked about surface haulage accidents and how to prevent them. Organizations including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...more

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OSHA Outlines Enforcement Priorities for 2023

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Senior Department of Labor officials recently outlined the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) enforcement priorities at an American Bar Association conference regarding occupational safety....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 2, January 2023

EEOC Increases Scrutiny on Discrimination and Harassment in the Construction Industry as Federal Infrastructure Dollars Start Flowing - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) plans to prioritize its efforts to...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

It’s Getting Hot In Here – Cal/OSHA Begins Enforcing Indoor Heat Safety Under Section 3203

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Cal/OSHA’s outdoor heat illness prevention standard is well known by employers with employees who commonly work outside. And while there is no official indoor heat illness standard, employers still need to consider heat...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New OSHA Heat Exposure Enforcement Program Impacts Wide Range of Employers

As previously reported in EmployNews, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced a three-year national enforcement program to address employee exposure to heat-related health issues....more

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Heat Illness & What OSHA's National Emphasis Program Means for Employers

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The dangers associated with heat related illness are well understood. However, deaths and serious illnesses continue to occur , and may increase in time, because of increased frequency of extreme temperatures....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

OSHA Announces Plan to ‘Expand Its Presence’ in Certain Healthcare Facilities Treating COVID-19 Patients

Between March 9, 2022, and June 9, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will “expand its presence” in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that treat COVID-19 patients and that were previously...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Survival Guide

What Happened? I Thought This Was Gone! On Friday, December 17, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lifted the nationwide Stay that had been previously put in place by the United States Court of...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

A Comprehensive Breakdown of OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rule - Update

UPDATE: A federal appeals court (the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals) permanently blocked OSHA’s vaccine rule on November 12, 2021, citing to “serious constitutional concerns” with the rule. This is not the end of the...more

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Hexavalent Chromium/OSHA Enforcement: Bloomfield, Connecticut, Aircraft Parts Manufacturer Cited for Alleged Violations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a November 9th news release alleging violations by Kaman Air Vehicles (“KAV”). KAV is described as a Bloomfield, Connecticut, aircraft parts manufacturer....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Happy New Year, California: New California Employment Laws Effective January 1, 2022

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Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a slew of new bills into law at the close of California’s legislative season. Below is a summary of the new employment laws, all of which take effect on January 1, 2022....more

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Santa Clara County Employers Must Track Employee Vaccinations: 8 Takeaways and a 5-Step Compliance Plan

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Businesses in Santa Clara County must get ready to comply with the County’s new vaccine tracking mandate by no later than June 1. The County of Santa Clara Emergency Operations Center issued a May 18 Order of The Health...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear YouDig? To mask or not to mask

Dear YouDig?, Ok… this is getting ridiculous. We are a subcontractor working on a project for an “essential business.” We have emphasized the safety and government guidelines to our team members in light of COVID-19. To a...more

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OSHA Enforcement for Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard, 2018-2019: By the Numbers

For construction employers anxious over how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and state plan states are enforcing the Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard, the last two calendar years...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Catastrophic Accident Resulted in a Workplace Fatality — Does Not Automatically Mean There Was an OSHA Violation

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is charged with enforcing the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA Act), and its various regulations intended to keep employees safe in their workplaces. Failure to...more

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Expect the Best, Prepare for the Worst: OSHA Enforcement Looms Over Black Friday

“Black Friday” is the day after Thanksgiving and considered by many to be the start of the holiday shopping season. In recent times, the term “Black Friday” has been associated with the concept that retailers’ shift from...more

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