Date: Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Time: 1:00pm to 2:30pm Eastern Standard Time
Your Hosts: Kate M. McMahon and Micah Smith
Only a few decades in the making, OSHA has finally updated its Walking / Working Surfaces Standard, the regulation that governs slips, trips and fall hazards in general industry. Slips, trips and falls are among the leading causes of work-related injuries and fatalities in the U.S. The new final rule attempts to modernize OSHA’s regulations to prevent fall hazards based on advances in fall protection technologies and methods.
Participants in this webinar will learn:
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The new requirements for managing slip, trip and fall hazards in general industry
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New criteria for fall protection equipment and ladder safety
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Effective dates for the new Walking / Working Surfaces Standard
About the presenters
Kate M. McMahon
Kathryn M. McMahon is a partner in the national OSHA • Workplace Safety Practice Group of
Conn Maciel Carey LLP. She focuses her practice in the areas of occupational safety and health (OSHA) law and environmental law. Ms. McMahon helps clients manage incident and fatality inspections, and litigation related to alleged violations by federal OSHA and state OSHA programs. She also represents industry stakeholders in all aspects of OSHA rulemaking, including proposed rules regarding silica, injury and illness recordkeeping, hexavalent chromium, and beryllium, among others.
Micah Smith
Micah Smith is Of Counsel with the national OSHA • Workplace Safety Practice Group of
Conn Maciel Carey LLP. He focuses his practice in the areas of occupational safety and health (OSHA) law. Mr. Smith represents clients in the full range of OSHA-related matters across a wide range of industries, and works with his clients to identify safety and health strategies that both increase employee safety and improve business performance.
