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This is the ninth installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational Safety and Health...more
OSHA is amending its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) regulations which require chemical manufacturers and importers to classify the hazards of chemicals they produce or import and to provide their employees information...more
To advance the Biden Administration’s promise to be “the most labor friendly administration in history,” on April 1, 2024, OSHA published in the Federal Register its Final Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) Hazard Communications (“HazCom”) Standard was the most frequently cited general industry standard in the past fiscal year. OSHA recently...more
On May 20, 2024, OSHA published its long-in-the-making revision to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). OSHA’s revised its standard to better align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification...more
On May 20, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) announced a final rule updating the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). The amended rule (29 CFR 1910) better aligns with the United Nations’...more
On March 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule (Final Rule) amending regulations for workplace investigations. It clarifies that employees may...more
On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule on who is allowed to be present for an OSHA inspection. The rule becomes effective on May 31, 2024. By way of background, both the employer and...more
Like a bad April Fool’s joke, to advance the Biden Administration’s promise to be “the most labor friendly administration in history,” on April 1, 2024, OSHA published in the Federal Register its Final Worker Walkaround...more
On March 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final Rule clarifying the rights of employees to have a representative attend inspections performed by...more
In a significant revision to long-standing Department of Labor regulations, OSHA announced a final rule on March 29, 2024, establishing the rights of employees to choose a representative, whether an employee or a...more
The U.S. Department of Labor recently published a final rule clarifying the rights of employees to authorize a representative to accompany an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) compliance officer during an...more
Through its final rule issued on April 1, 2024, OSHA is amending its Representatives of Employers and Employees Regulation. The final rule clarifies that a representative or representatives authorized by employees may be...more
On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule clarifying that employees may designate a non-employee third party as their representative during an OSHA inspection. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As a new update this year, certain employes are required to submit OSHA Form 300, 301 and 300A online. OSHA recently offered a webinar on using it’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA) to submit this data....more
As 2019 comes to a close, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) remains active both on the regulatory and enforcement fronts, so employers must continue to be vigilant and proactive on their safety and...more
A federal judge recently dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration wrongfully delayed the compliance deadline for its own recordkeeping reporting regulation. The court said that the...more
On September 25, 2019, OSHA issued a final rule approving two additional quantitative fit testing protocols for inclusion in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard....more
On May 14, 2019, OSHA issued a final rule as part of its ongoing Standards Improvement Project (SIP). The final rule is set to go into effect on July 15, 2019. Consistent with the project’s rationale of reducing regulatory...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a final rule rescinding major portions of its electronic reporting rule. Specifically...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has finalized its long-awaited approach to crane operator qualification and certification. The rule, which has followed a tortuous road to completion, ends the Agency’s...more
Falls by workers, whether from elevated heights or from the same level, are among the leading causes of work-related injuries and deaths in U.S. workplaces. Originally published in MiMfg Magazine, the membership magazine...more
Only a few decades in the making, OSHA has finally updated its Walking / Working Surfaces Standard, the regulation that governs slips, trips and fall hazards in general industry. Slips, trips and falls are among the leading...more
Recently, OSHA issued its long-awaited final rule on walking-working surfaces and personal fall protection systems for general industry. The new rule is intended to update the standards to align with general industry...more
Earlier this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its long-awaited final rule (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-03-25/pdf/2016-04800.pdf) setting new workplace permissible exposure...more