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Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) Cannabis – State Emphasis Program

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The State of  Michigan’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) Cannabis – State Emphasis Program (SEP) (August 28, 2023) was established to address safety and health hazards associated with...more

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Heat Illness and Back to Work — Summer 2021

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As we approach the heat of the summer season and as employers begin to re-open after months of COVID-19 quarantine, workers may be out of shape, out of practice on workplace safety procedures, and may have...more

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Weekly Roundup - February 10.

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If you are involved in safety or risk management, especially in construction, you recognize that struck-by accidents are almost always among the top three causes of employee deaths. What you may not appreciate is that most...more

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NIOSH Offers Free Training Program to Help Employers Address Safety Risks Faced by Home Healthcare Workers

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Seyfarth Synopsis: NIOSH releases a comprehensive training curriculum that home healthcare employers can use to minimize safety risks and prevent OSHA citations. We had blogged previously about OSHA’s “Strategies and...more

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OSHA's New Recordkeeping Rule

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On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized its controversial workplace injury and illness reporting rules. The new requirements are effective August 10, 2016, with...more

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What to Expect from OSHA in 2016: Michaels Discusses Hazard Alerts, Silica Rule, Reporting, and Other Priorities

On February 11, 2016, Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health and the head of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), spoke to 170 members of the oil and gas well...more

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NIOSH Drive Safely Work Week 2015 – Is Your Company (and its Policies) Ready?

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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Center for Motor Vehicle Safety (CMVS), through its NIOSH Science Blog, recently featured the Drive Safely Work Week campaign. The event is scheduled for this...more

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Defending Nonsubscriber Lifting Injury Claims – Part V – The NIOSH Revised Lifting Equation – what it is and what it is not

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The next two parts of this series will address the so-called NIOSH lifting equation. This part will discuss what the NIOSH lifting equation is and the fact that it is not the law in Texas (or anywhere else to the authors’...more

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