Safety Violations

The Best-Kept Secrets of the Auto Industry

by Demas Law Group on 4/23/2013

Tire tread separation has caused at least 375 deaths between 2002 and 2009, but no one seems to be talking much about the problem, especially in the auto industry. The tire separation issue has primarily affected older Ford...more

GranuFlo Lawsuit Consolidation Concentrates Litigation in Massachusetts Federal Court

by Audet & Partners, LLP on 4/23/2013

On March 29, 2013, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML"), consolidated eleven pending federal actions alleging injuries related to GranuFlo and/of NaturaLyte administration during dialysis...more

Immigrants Await Results of Suit Against U.S. and Jefferson County, Illinois

by Ronald Shapiro on 4/19/2013

It has now been more than two months since the National Immigrant Justice Center (“NIJC”) filed a lawsuit against officials of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) and Jefferson County, Illinois relating to the...more

Safety Violations Get 37-Year Employee Fired For Cause

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 4/15/2013

We don’t often hear of 37-year employees being fired for just cause. An arbitrator has recently upheld the dismissal of a long-service unionized employee for safety violations....more

Avoiding Workplace Injuries And Protecting Your Rights As An Employee

by Stipe, Harper, Laizure, Uselton, Belote,... on 4/15/2013

An injury at work can be devastating for you and your family. Despite major strides reducing workplace injuries and deaths in the past four decades, more than 4,500 workers still die each year. Another 4.1 million are...more

Exec Insists Safety Came First Before BP Oil Spill

by Josh Crank | Lawyers.com on 4/10/2013

An executive for oil giant BP testified today that he personally worked to improve the company’s safety culture in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and dumped millions of...more

BP’s First Defense Witness Gives Contradictory Testimony

by Josh Crank | Lawyers.com on 4/9/2013

Oil giant BP launched its defense today in the civil trial over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, calling to the stand an offshore drilling expert who testified that BP adhered to industry standards throughout the...more

BP Warned of Subpar Cement Plan Before Deepwater Horizon Blast

by Josh Crank | Lawyers.com on 3/28/2013

BP officials overseeing the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were warned that their cement pumping plan could result in an improperly sealed well, but they moved ahead with the job anyway, a witness testified today in the civil...more

CMS Hospital Inspection Report Database Creates More Transparency

by Stephanie Willis | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/22/2013

Transparency in healthcare reached a new level over the weekend when the Association of Healthcare Journalists (AHCJ) unveiled a searchable database of past Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital deficiency...more

Congress Passes New Transportation Funding Bill

by Begam & Marks on 3/21/2013

MAP-21 has been signed into law. The U.S Congress passed the immense new transportation bill that mandates many new provisions affecting motor carrier safety. One of the most important provisions being that all interstate bus...more

Expert Testifies Deepwater Horizon ‘Not Seaworthy’

by Josh Crank | Lawyers.com on 3/15/2013

Wrapping up the third week of testimony in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill trial, marine engineering expert Edward Geoffrey Webster testified that the rig was out of compliance with international and federal safety...more

BP Guilty of ‘Egregious’ Failures, Says Safety Expert

by Josh Crank | Lawyers.com on 2/28/2013

A forensic engineering expert testified today that oil giant BP failed to heed safety recommendations and maintained an “imbalance of protection and production” in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig...more

Your Rights in an OSHA Inspection

by Edward Walsh III | Reed Smith on 2/27/2013

A workplace inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can result in substantial penalties where violations are found. Employers need to know their rights during an inspection, including the right...more

Supervisor’s Violation Of Lockout “Cardinal Rule” Did Not Justify Dismissal: Appeal Court

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 2/21/2013

The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a trial judge’s decision that an employee’s violation of a lockout rule was not just cause for dismissal....more

Union Asks Court To Initiate Safety Prosecution Against Employer

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 1/31/2013

A union has taken the unusual step of asking the Federal Court to order the federal Minister of Labour to prosecute a company for alleged safety violations....more

BNSF & OSHA Reach Significant Whistleblower-Related Accord

by Lucas Markowitz, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 1/28/2013

In January 2013, after over 30 FRSA complaints were lodged by BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) employees, OSHA and BNSF reached an agreement (Accord), where BNSF agreed to modify certain policies and practices alleged to interfere...more

HEALTH AND SAFETY CLIENT ALERT: MSHA Issues a Final Rule to Revise the POV System

by Henry Chajet, Peter Gould, R. Brian Hendrix, Mark Savit | Patton Boggs LLP on 1/25/2013

On Wednesday, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) kicked off its regulatory agenda by lifting the veil on its final rule to revise the Pattern of Violations (POV) system under 30 C.F.R. Part 104. Unless...more

Patton Boggs Insights - December 2012: Litigation/Courts: Kentucky Mine Operator, Supervisors Plead Guilty

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/22/2013

A Kentucky coal mine operator and two of its supervisors have pled guilty to willful safety violations in the wake of a miner’s death....more

Supervisor’s Criminal Safety Charges Going To Trial

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 1/21/2013

An Ontario judge has decided that criminal charges against a Project Manager should go to trial. The charges against Vadim Kazenelson, Project Manager for Metron Construction, arise from the tragic Christmas Eve 2009...more

Patton Boggs Insights - December 2012: Enforcement: MSHA Impact Inspections

by Peter Gould, R. Brian Hendrix | Patton Boggs LLP on 1/15/2013

Stepping up enforcement at coal mines with alleged violations relating to respirable coal dust, MSHA targeted 13 operations in September under its impact inspection program that the agency contended had a history of...more

Patton Boggs Insights - December 2012: Enforcement: Refineries Hit With Big Penalties After Incidents

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/8/2013

A one-two punch by government regulators has resulted in fines totaling more than a half million dollars against Sinclair Wyoming Refinery Co.’s refinery. Federal and state OSHA authorities slapped the company with $215,000...more

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