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OSHA’s Willful Finding Upheld Over Allegations of Supervisor’s Misconduct

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Last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a $35,000 fine against an employer whose foreman, despite explicit instructions by a company manager to fix an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”)...more

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Willful Permit-Required Confined Space Entry Citation Upheld by the Seventh Circuit

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On February 1, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the decision of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“Commission”) which imposed serious willful citations under the...more

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