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2 Feb 2021, 12:50 pm by Tammy Binford, Contributing Editor
Department of Labor (DOL) announced on January 29 that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had issued stronger worker safety guidance. [read post]
Representative James Clyburn, Chairman of the Subcommittee, sent letters to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods and JBS USA. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 2:19 pm by John Dudrey and Karen O'Connor
As many of you know, effective November 16, 2020, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OR OSHA”) adopted a comprehensive set of workplace safety rules designed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 1:32 pm by John L. Litchfield
” While much of the Plan focuses on government initiatives, including a robust public education, testing, and vaccination plan that relies on local government cooperation, there are some key provisions that are directly or indirectly applicable to employers, including the following: OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard: Under the Plan, and through an executive order we recently reported on, the Biden administration has directed the Occupational Safety and… [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 10:40 am by Friedman, Rodman & Frank, P.A.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the federal entity that ensures safe and healthy working conditions, reported that the incident is under investigation. [read post]
30 Jan 2021, 9:00 am by Ana Popovich
” Congress established the federal OSHA agency in 1970 with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. [read post]
30 Jan 2021, 9:00 am by Ana Popovich
” Congress established the federal OSHA agency in 1970 with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 12:11 pm by Jon L. Gelman
Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued stronger worker safety guidance to help employers and workers implement a coronavirus prevention program and better identify risks which could lead to exposure and contraction. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 11:34 am by Geoff Schweller
OSHA’s WPP was established in 1970 with the passage of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. [read post]
27 Jan 2021, 10:51 am by Law Offices of Robert Dixon
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that many fatal workplace accidents occur at construction sites. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 11:23 am by Katie Culliton
Neither Cal/OSHA nor the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have posted any updated guidance for employers about posting the Form 300a during the COVID-19 pandemic when many workplaces are remote. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 7:46 am by Herrman & Herrman, P.L.L.C.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says one in five worker deaths annually (20%) occur in construction. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 11:59 am by Daniel A. Kaplan
OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has a comprehensive web page devoted to COVID-19, which includes identification of applicable regulations, enforcement memoranda, recording and reporting requirements, links to various pandemic-related “tools” and “resources,” as well as specific workplace guidance by industry. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 10:58 am by Robert J. O'Hara
The EO specifically orders the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) of the Department of Labor to: issue, within two weeks of the date of the EO, revised guidance to employers on workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic; consider whether any emergency temporary standards on COVID-19, including with respect to masks in the workplace, are necessary, and if such standards are determined to be needed, issue them by… [read post]
23 Jan 2021, 6:54 am by Jon L. Gelman
Within hours of his inauguration, President Biden moved swiftly to direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to promulgate an emergency standard to protect workers from COVID-19. [read post]
Taylor, chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Group, and Adam Roseman, an associate in the firm’s OSHA Group, review the bellwether events of 2020 and what environment, health, and safety (EHS) professionals can expect in terms of regulatory and enforcement actions and trends under the New Biden Administration. [read post]
The Executive Order entitled Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) to issue updated guidance on COVID-19 worker protections and directs OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration to consider whether emergency temporary standards, including with respect to mask wearing, are necessary. [read post]
As a follow-up to its May 2020 enforcement guidelines on recording workplace COVID-19 cases, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued additional guidance to employers for reporting coronavirus-related hospitalizations and fatalities. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 2:01 am by Kristin Starnes Gray, FordHarrison
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the federal agency tasked with ensuring safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance. [read post]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) efforts, however, will face headwinds as it’ll take time to hire more inspectors and instill a more enforcement-minded culture at the agency. [read post]