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OSHA Will Require Construction Employers to Consider Body Type When Providing PPE Starting January 13

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Construction employers must be ready for a federal safety rule that takes effect on Monday. A major update to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules regarding safety and health regulations for the...more

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Nevada Adopts New Workplace Heat Safety Rule: The 10 Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Workforce

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Nevada workplace safety officials recently adopted a new rule that requires employers to implement measures to protect employees that could be exposed to various forms of heat-related illness, such as heat exhaustion and heat...more

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[Webinar] Cal/OSHA Mid-Year Update - May 22nd, 1:00 pm EST

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As we near the half-way mark through 2024, join us as we take stock of what has happened at Cal/OSHA in the first few months of the year. We’ll cover new developments and agency priorities for the remainder of 2024 and...more

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Frequently Asked Questions for Employers About OSHA (Updated for 2024)

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Even the most experienced employers are sure to have questions from time to time about the nation’s workplace safety agency – the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). That’s where we come in. The Fisher...more

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OSHA Expands Electronic Injury/Illness Data Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

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Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has announced new rules requiring a broad range of employers to electronically submit additional injury and illness information in 2024....more

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OSHA Issues Final Electronic Recordkeeping Rule for Employers: 6 Key Points + 3-Step Action Plan

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Federal workplace safety officials just released a long-anticipated electronic recordkeeping rule yesterday, which will prompt changes for certain employers that need to submit work-related injury and illness data starting on...more

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Washington State’s Emergency Outdoor Heat Exposure Rules Now in Effect

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With summer underway, employers in the state of Washington are reminded to follow the state’s new emergency outdoor heat exposure rules, which went into effect on June 15, 2022. These rules apply through September 29, 2022,...more

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OSHA Approves New Respiratory Fit Testing Protocols

Yesterday, OSHA issued a final rule approving two additional quantitative fit testing protocols for inclusion in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard. These protocols are....more

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Enforcement of OSHA’s Silica Standards in Full Swing

In March 2016, OSHA published its standards for respirable crystalline silica in general industry/maritime (29 C.F.R. § 1910.1053) and in construction (§ 1926.1153), both of which have been phased in. ...more

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Tightening Silica Exposure Standards

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On June 23, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) implemented one of the final legs of a new rule limiting worker exposure to crystalline silica (or simply “silica”). ...more

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Wind of Change: MSHA’s Final Rule Governing Workplace Examinations for Metal and Nonmetal Mines Becomes Effective June 2, 2018

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The changes to MSHA’s workplace examination rule governing metal and nonmetal mines have garnered significant attention. Stakeholders fought back against the original proposed rulemaking, and MSHA delayed implementation three...more

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Worried About OSHA Silica Compliance? Not if You’re in One of These Five States

With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) silica standard already in effect for the construction industry and about to go into effect in June of 2018 for general industry, many employers are anxious...more

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Is OSHA’s New Silica Rule Dust in the Wind? Likely Not. Court Rejects Several Challenges to the New Standard

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Nearly 2.3 million people in the United States work in jobs that expose them to silica. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) claims that more than 100,000 of those workers are engaged in “high risk jobs such...more

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