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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

Not Digging a Deeper Hole: How to Handle an OSHA Investigation

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 3/22/2022

The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against an oilfield company, its vice president, and one of its contractors in connection with two deaths at a company facility in 2019. Additional charges were brought...more

Is Your Facility Covered By OSHA’s New ETS?

Kerr Russell on 11/8/2021

On September 9, 2021, the White House’s “Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan,” directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)...more

UPDATED: Federal OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination or Test Standards for Large Employers are Effective November 5, 2021

Weintraub Tobin on 11/8/2021

UPDATE: FIFTH CIRCUIT BLOCKS ENFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL OSHA COVID-19 VACCINE/TESTING MANDATE. On November 6, 2021, a panel of the fifth circuit issued a stay against the enforcement of OSHA‘s new emergency temporary...more

Sixth Circuit Rejects Chain-of-Events Theory of Causation in Whistleblower Cases

Morgan Lewis - Up & Atom on 5/15/2020

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s recent favorable decision in Lemon v. Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation, announced its rejection of the chain-of-events theory of causation in whistleblower cases. In doing...more

Criminal Enforcement/Lead Based Paint Rules: U.S. Department of Justice Announced Sentencing of Washington, D.C., Individual for...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/24/2020

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a January 16th news release stating that a Washington, D.C. individual had been sentenced in the United States District Court for allegedly violating the Toxic Substances...more

Yes, OSHA Violations Can Send You To Jail

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/3/2019

Can mis-steps with OSHA land you in jail? Several recent cases are a reminder that the risk is real. While OSHA rarely makes a criminal case out of safety violations, it does pursue criminal charges when people mislead the...more

DOJ Indictment of Senior Project Manager Reminds Employers of Severity of Potential Consequences When Dealing With OSHA Inspectors

BakerHostetler on 4/26/2017

A 49-year-old senior project manager for a roofing contractor was indicted on April 19 on three charges that he made false, fictitious and fraudulent statements to federal OSHA investigators. The Department of Justice accuses...more

Can I Be Criminally Prosecuted for Violating Federal Safety and Health Regulations?

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/30/2015

Earlier this month, a federal jury in West Virginia found Don Blankenship, former Chairman and CEO of the Massey Energy Company, guilty of a misdemeanor charge of conspiring to willfully violate safety and health standards...more

The Truth Will Set (And Keep You) Free - Making False Statements to an OSHA Inspector Can Result in Criminal Charges

Miller & Martin PLLC on 10/22/2015

On April 6, 2015, the United States Department of Justice charged a roofing contractor doing business in Alabama with making false statements and lying to OSHA inspectors in connection with an incident investigation at one of...more

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