This is a continuation of the eleventh 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...more
2/26/2025
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Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Safety
This is the eleventh 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
2/12/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Enforcement Actions ,
OSHA ,
OSHRC ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Safety Standards ,
Safety Violations ,
Settlement ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Safety
On April 14, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States opened the door for new challenges to the federal administrative state. In a unanimous decision in a pair of consolidated cases, Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade...more
5/17/2023
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Safety Violations ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Separation of Powers
According to the National Safety Council, in 2020, 136 workers died and 127,680 were injured in “same level falls.” According to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, “of the 5,190 fatal workplace injuries in 2021, 680 were...more
Recordkeeping under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act is often top of mind for workplace safety professionals. Under the OSH Act, employers must record injuries and illnesses resulting in medical treatment beyond...more
2/22/2023
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Inspections ,
OSHA ,
Record Retention ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Required Forms ,
Safety Inspections ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Workplace Hazards
The new year began with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) clearly establishing that it is focusing on enforcement in 2023. After announcing that it is expanding its instance-by-instance citation policy...more
Late on January 26, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a press release concerning a significant change in long-standing policy related to instance-by-instance issuance of citations that will...more
1/30/2023
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