Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has announced new rules requiring a broad range of employers to electronically submit additional injury and illness information in 2024....more
7/18/2023
/ Data Reporting ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
FOIA ,
Health & Safety Standard ,
NAICS ,
New Rules ,
OSHA ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of fatal work injuries in 2020 was the lowest since 2013....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Cal/OSH Standards Board will vote this week on a proposed standard requiring employers to provide their employees and employee representatives access to the company’s Injury and Illness Prevention...more
1/14/2020
/ Cal-OSHA ,
Construction Workers ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Labor Regulations ,
OSHA ,
Reasonable Prevention Procedures ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Representatives ,
Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill with bipartisan support that would require the Department of Labor to promulgate an OSHA standard specifically aimed at protecting healthcare and...more
12/12/2019
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
General Duty Clause ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hostile Environment ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mass Shootings ,
OSHA ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management ,
Social Services ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence
Seyfarth Synopsis: The growth of the gig economy has transformed the modern workforce and upended traditional models for developing a workplace safety culture and worker safety training. New and inexperienced workers...more
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
Seyfarth Synopsis: A construction contractor twice orders, via text message, his employees to work on a roof, and both times the employees fall through. ...more
2/21/2019
/ Construction Project ,
Depositions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Evidence ,
False Testimony ,
Government Investigations ,
OSHA ,
Perjury ,
Safety Inspections ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: Fifth Circuit rules on Title VII liability concerning workplace violence in a healthcare setting involving third parties. Gardner v. CLC of Pascagoula, No. 17-60072 (5th Cir. February 6, 2019)....more
2/15/2019
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
General Duty Clause ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hostile Environment ,
OSHA ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Mitigation ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Title VII ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety ,
Workplace Violence
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