Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA’s new Silica Rule will have a lasting effect on nearly 2.3 million workers and over 675,000 employers. The chances are high that the new Silica Rule will affect your business and may require you to...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: An alcohol induced accident involving an intoxicated employee can be an OSHA recordable incident.
OSHA recently opined in an Interpretation Letter that, where an employee sustained an injury at work...more
On Thursday, February 11, 2016 OSHA and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hosted a public workshop to discuss draft Best Practices in Communication Tower Safety, which were compiled after a meeting of industry...more
By now, the worldwide health authorities and media have publicized the Zika virus disease (Zika) that has been reported throughout South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Although the United States has only...more
2/12/2016
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The New Year is here and with that comes yet another year of enhanced OSHA enforcement and new OSHA regulations. Further, due to the upcoming end of President Obama’s time in office , questions exist as to whether OSHA will...more
As we mentioned in our previous blog, the bipartisan budget signed by President Obama on November 2, 2015 contains provisions that will allow OSHA to raise maximum penalties for the first time in 25 years.
The maximum...more
Take a look around you. There’s a good chance you work at a facility that uses a Powered Industrial Truck (PIT).
OSHA defines a PIT as “any mobile power-propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack or tier...more
11/5/2015
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