Since at least March, manufacturers, and the entire U.S. economy, have been experiencing unprecedented conditions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has not only changed where and how manufacturers operate, but...more
9/4/2020
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Health & Safety Standard ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Manufacturers ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
OIG ,
OSHA ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
As the country slowly begins the reopening process, OSHA has issued two new guidance documents—an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 and Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of COVID-19....more
5/21/2020
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Essential Workers ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sick Employees ,
Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Welcome to 2020! As always, we at the Manufacturing Law Blog are starting the year with our annual forecasts of hot topics....more
1/10/2020
/ Air Quality Standards ,
Bodily Injury ,
Clean Water Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Failure to Comply ,
Health & Safety Standard ,
Inspection Rights ,
Manufacturers ,
Manufacturing Equipment ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
National Enforcement Initiatives (NEIs) ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
PFAS ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Safety Inspections ,
Strict Compliance ,
Water Quality ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
OSHA recently announced that it is considering whether it should revise the powered industrial trucks standards for general, construction, and maritime industries. Powered industrial trucks include forklifts, fork trucks,...more
4/8/2019
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Construction Industry ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health & Safety Standard ,
Maritime Transport ,
OSHA ,
Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
As all members of the construction industry know, the prevention of the occurrence of work-related injuries and illnesses is a constant concern, and one that can have serious implications for the various contractual...more
Thank you to Jonathan Schaefer for this post. Jon is an attorney in our Environmental, Energy & Telecommunications Practice Group and his practice focuses on environmental compliance counseling, occupational health and...more
Under the 2016 Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses rule (RROII Rule), December 30, 2017 was the first deadline for certain employers to electronically submit their 2016 300A summary forms, which...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Act provides for increased penalties when an employer repeatedly violates a standard. While there is no specific time frame established in the statute for how long OSHA can look back for a...more
Reduced Regulation -
We all know that one of President Trump’s goals is to streamline and minimize regulations. Among other things, Executive Order 13771 indicated that, for every regulation to be passed, two had to be...more
1/15/2018
/ Contaminated Properties ,
Deregulation ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Manufacturers ,
OSHA ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Strategic Planning ,
Superfund ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
As we outlined last year, OSHA recently revised its recording and reporting regulation to require certain employers to submit injury and illness data to OSHA on an annual basis for posting on OSHA’s website. The deadline for...more
Every year, OSHA releases a list of the 10 most frequently cited violations, which, for 2016, were accumulated by reviewing the nearly 32,000 workplace inspections conducted by OSHA staff. The list for 2016 looks a whole lot...more
This post is the last in our three-part series about what manufacturers can expect in 2017. In my humble opinion, we saved the best for last – Environmental, Health & Safety.
Citizen Science -
With increasing...more
2/1/2017
/ Environmental Liability ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Manufacturers ,
NGOs ,
OSHA ,
PCBs ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Trump Administration ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
In September, OSHA issued new guidance for evaluating settlement agreements between complainants and their employers to protect past and future whistleblowing activities. OSHA reviews these settlement agreements to ensure...more
OSHA recently announced a final rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. Under the new rule, employers will be required to submit injury and illness data to OSHA on an annual basis for posting on OSHA’s...more
OSHA’s updated reporting and recordkeeping rule, found at 29 C.F.R. 1904, went into effect in January 2015. We summarized these new requirements on the blog, which require employers to report severe workplace injuries,...more
In August 2015, OSHA updated its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Amputations. Based on a review of data from general industry as well as targeted industries, OSHA determined that workplace amputations were being...more