Benjamin Briggs on Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting

OSHA Issues Heat Hazard Alert Reminding Employers to Protect Workers Against Heat Illness and Injury – States are Following Suit

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that OSHA has issued a heat hazard alert to “remind employers of their obligation to protect workers against heat illness or injury in outdoor and indoor...more

8/10/2023 / Biden Administration , Department of Labor (DOL) , Employer Liability Issues , Heat Exposure , OSHA , Proposed Rules , Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting , Workplace Safety

The Empire Strikes Back: New Rule Will Require Many Employers To Submit More OSHA Forms Electronically

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing to amend its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation, 29 CFR 1904.41. The current regulation requires certain employers to...more

3/30/2022 / Electronic Filing , Employer Liability Issues , OSHA , Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting , Workplace Injury

Changes to Cal/OSHA IIPP Standard Entitle Employees to Copy of Injury and Illness Prevention Program

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Cal/OSH Standards Board has adopted provisions that require employers to provide a copies of their IIPPs upon employee requests....more

5/14/2020 / Cal-OSHA , Employer Liability Issues , Reasonable Prevention Procedures , Regulatory Requirements , State and Local Government , Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting , Workplace Safety

OSHA Issues Temporary Guidance on Using Enforcement Discretion During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued Interim Guidance to advise compliance safety and health officers (CSHOs) to evaluate an employer’s good faith efforts to comply with...more

4/21/2020 / Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Emergency Management Plans , Employer Liability Issues , Enforcement Guidance , OSHA , Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting , Workplace Safety

Updated Combustible Dust NFPA Industry Consensus Standard Gives OSHA New Tool to Cite Employers: Does Your Facility Comply?

Seyfarth Synopsis: Compliance with industry standard for combustible dust set for September 2020. Don’t delay, because OSHA is already citing employers using the not yet effective NFPA 652, Standard on the Fundamentals of...more

4/30/2019 / Chemical Safety Board , Combustible Dust , Cooperative Compliance Regime , Manufacturing Facilities , OSHA , Policies and Procedures , Regulatory Standards , Safety Standards , Toxic Exposure , Workplace Hazards , Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

On And On We Go – Coalition Groups Sue DOL For The Rollback Rule

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has just been sued for removing the requirements for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses), and...more

2/11/2019 / Department of Labor (DOL) , Deregulation , Electronic Filing , Employer Liability Issues , Final Rules , OSHA , Regulatory Reform , Reporting Requirements , Rollbacks , Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting , Workplace Injury , Workplace Safety

Congress Moves to Invalidate OSHA Rule Which Provides Employers Can Be Cited for Five-Years For Injury and Illness Records

Seyfarth Synopsis: Congress passes a Resolution to dismantle an OSHA final rule, adopted in December 2016, which despite statutory language to the opposite, “more clearly states employers’ obligations” to record an injury or...more

3/6/2017 / Anti-Retaliation Provisions , Drug Testing , Legislative Agendas , OSHA , Recordkeeping Requirements , Reporting Requirements , Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting , Workplace Injury

Benjamin Briggs

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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