Workplace Hazards

Finale

by Brian J. Kurtz | FordHarrison on 5/17/2013

Litigation Value: Bless your heart if you’re still keeping track at this point. This blog has always focused on bad behavior. We tease out employment law issues by writing about the characters who do things in the...more

Workplace Accidents: 2 Alabama Men Trapped In A Hole, Injured

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 5/13/2013

When working for a company, it is essential to be aware of potential hazards. Workers may receive training to handle workplace accidents, but sometimes the situation may be beyond a worker's control....more

Labor Letter, May 2013: After The Violence Come The Lawsuits

by Edward Boehm | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 5/2/2013

A lawsuit filed against a business in Minneapolis, Minnesota demonstrates that the problems associated with workplace violence do not necessarily end once the violence stops. Recently, the family of one of six individuals...more

OSHA Announces Initiative For the Protection of Temporary Workers

by Martha J. Zackin | Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 5/1/2013

On April 29, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced an initiative to protect temporary employees from workplace hazards. The initiative, announced through a press release and a...more

The Beginning Of The End Revisited

by Doug Hall | FordHarrison on 4/19/2013

Litigation Value: Possible workers’ comp claim for Dwight for injuries sustained in trying to cross a “flaccid cord”; groundwork established for a breach of contract suit by Nellie if Andy follows through on his intent to...more

With Richard Fairfax Retiring, a Crossroads for OSHA?

by Stephen C. Yohay | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/16/2013

Richard Fairfax, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, has announced that, as long-expected, he will retire on May 3, 2013. As Melissa Bailey, Managing Shareholder of Ogletree Deakins’...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

Stanley Knievel

by Brian J. Kurtz | FordHarrison on 4/12/2013

Litigation value: Stanley can sue Dwight blind for his bull dart assault. This is an employment law blog. So when tonight’s episode opened, and I saw that Dwight had shut down the building’s elevator for repair, leaving...more

Revised Hazard Communication Standard: December 1st, 2013 Deadline for Training and the Basic Training Requirements that You Need...

by Michael Mallen | Miller & Martin PLLC on 4/10/2013

OSHA revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Two significant changes contained in the revised standard...more

Supplier Facing OHSA Charges Alleging That Machine Unsafe

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 4/10/2013

We don’t often hear of Occupational Health and Safety Act charges against suppliers alleging that their machines or equipment were unsafe for use in workplaces....more

When Is An MOL Notice Of Workplace Accident Required? Ontario Court Of Appeal Clarifies

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 2/11/2013

Many Ontario employers will be relieved by an Ontario appeal decision that clarifies – and limits – the obligation to report workplace accidents to the Ontario Ministry of Labour. “[I]t is not part of the purpose and...more

OSHA Looks For Fun Way To Increase Workplace Safety And Awareness

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 2/7/2013

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration sponsored a competition called the Worker Safety and Health App Challenge which encouraged participants to create an application that would aid young workers in learning about...more

Safety Inspection Blitzes for Industrial and Construction Sectors

by Lorraine Chan, Jason Hanson, Allan Wells | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/1/2013

The Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) has announced that inspectors will be conducting safety inspection blitzes on “Slips, Trips and Falls (ladder safety and fall protection hazards)” in February/March of this year, focusing...more

Shipbuilders Council of America and OSHA Settle Lawsuit, OSHA Issues First Interpretation Letter for Shipyard Industry on Subpart...

by Tressi L. Cordaro | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/25/2013

On August 1, 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standards for General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment (1915, Subpart F) became effective. These standards included requirements covering...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

Ontario MOL’s Winter Safety Blitzes

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 1/22/2013

Ontario Ministry of Labour inspectors are conducting a winter safety blitz looking for the following...more

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