Lauren Lenhart, Phillip Russell and Zachary Zagger | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is moving forward with plans to update its standards to “clarify the requirements for the fit” of personal protective equipment (PPE) that must be provided to construction workers. On September 7, 2022, OSHA issued… Continue reading OSHA Seeks to Clarify the “P” in PPE, Issues NPRM on ‘Fit’ for Construction Workers
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To Submit or Not to Submit: OSHA Is Asking the Question
Ronald W. Taylor | Venable On March 28, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a proposed rule to amend its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation. The proposed amendment will require certain employers, according to their size and industry, to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA. Specifically, establishments with 100… Continue reading To Submit or Not to Submit: OSHA Is Asking the Question
Cardinal Sin – Construction Contractor’s Alleged Failure to Abate OSHA Citations Results in Big Penalties
Daniel Birnbaum, Mark Lies, Craig Simonsen and Adam Young | Seyfarth Shaw Seyfarth Synopsis: By ignoring the terms of a settlement agreement it had with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), a New Jersey roofing contractor now faces more than $600,000 in penalties after numerous citations for allegedly failing to abate 2020 OSHA citations. Employers… Continue reading Cardinal Sin – Construction Contractor’s Alleged Failure to Abate OSHA Citations Results in Big Penalties
OSHA Standard Changes That Will Impact Construction
Courtney Malveaux | Jackson Lewis The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulatory agenda for spring 2021 lists regulations the agency will focus on for the next six months, including 26 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, six of which are in the final rule stage and the rest are in the proposed or pre-rule stage. Many… Continue reading OSHA Standard Changes That Will Impact Construction
Eleventh Circuit Says General Contractor Was Responsible for Subcontractor’s Safety Practices
Jonathan Crotty | Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s multiemployer worksite doctrine, a company can be cited for safety violations that it did not create and for hazards to which its own employees were never exposed. The doctrine is used most often in the construction industry, where a general… Continue reading Eleventh Circuit Says General Contractor Was Responsible for Subcontractor’s Safety Practices