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Miller & Martin PLLC

OSHA Recommends Use of Safety Helmets Rather Than Hard Hats for Certain Job Sites

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OSHA has announced that it is replacing traditional hardhats used by its employees with more modern safety helmets to protect them better when they are on inspection sites. Among other problems, hard hats may fall off the...more

Gray Reed

OSHA’s New Guidance for the Energy Arena

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued guidance for oil and gas industry workers and employers in light of the increased risk of workplace exposure to COVID-19. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #21

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In Washington - Democrats and Republicans continue to be in gridlock as Congress is on the cusp of the deadline on unemployment benefits. Minority Leader Charles Schumer grimly warned that that "the country is about to...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

OSHA Issues Guidance For Oil and Gas Industry Workers And Employers

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On July 8, 2020, OSHA issued guidance specific to the oil and gas industry for mitigating occupational exposure risks to COVID-19. Some of the key considerations arising from that guidance, which can be found, are below: ...more

King & Spalding

Return to Work: OSHA Fundamentals for the Oil and Gas

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OSHA issued new guidance on July 8, 2020, for the oil and gas industry as part of its ongoing series of industry-specific guidance for mitigating occupational exposure risks to COVID-19. This guidance supplements OSHA’s...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 7.13.2020 | Top Story: OPEC Weighs Expanded Oil Production Just Months After Agreeing on Cuts

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OPEC and its oil-producing allies (in Russia and elsewhere) are reportedly working on a plan to ease cuts on oil production they agreed upon in April “amid signs that demand is returning to normal levels following...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.10.2020 | Top Story: Gilead Reports Strong Remdesivir Results

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Gilead Sciences Inc. reports that its remdesivir virus treatment has been positively correlated with a 62% reduction in death risks compared with the standard of care in an initial analysis....more

Baker Donelson

OSHA Issues New Enforcement Guidance on Protective Clothing for Oil and Gas Drillers

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OSHA issued a new guidance document in December regarding the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by oil and gas well workers....more

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