News & Analysis as of

Regulatory Standards Employer Liability Issues Occupational Exposure

Baker Donelson

Six Sizzling Ways to Beat the OSHA Heat This Summer

Baker Donelson on

The summer heat is in full swing and so are ramped-up compliance efforts from OSHA. This alert provides you with six quick tips to help avoid and minimize any "heat" from OSHA this summer....more

Littler

Cal/OSHA Completes Fast-Track Adoption of Emergency Silica Standard Aimed at Engineered Stone Industry

Littler on

On December 14, 2023, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approved an emergency temporary standard (ETS) intended to enhance protection of workers from the hazards of respirable crystalline silica...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

New York State Publishes HERO Act Model and Industry Plans for Returning to Work

Goulston & Storrs PC on

By August 5, 2021, all employers with worksites in New York state must either: (i) adopt a model plan promulgated by the Department of Labor or (ii) develop and establish an alternative plan that meets the minimum standards...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Private NY Employers Required To Adopt Prevention Standard Plans by August 5 to Comply With NY HERO

On July 6, the New York State Department of Labor (NYS DOL) published the Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Standard (“Prevention Standard”), a model airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plan (“Model...more

Littler

NY DOL Publishes its Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Plan in Accordance With the NY HERO Act

Littler on

As we previously reported, in an effort to prevent occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease, the New York legislature on May 5, 2021 passed the New York Health and Essential Rights Act, or NY HERO Act, which...more

Littler

OSHA Collecting Final Input as it Considers Rule on Occupational Exposure to Beryllium in the Construction and Shipyard Industries

Littler on

On October 8, 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in Construction and Shipyard Sectors, 84...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OSHA Guidelines for Retailers on Holiday Shopping and Crowd Management Safety (Updated)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should prepare for the holiday shopping season and protect their employees from harm and injuries....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Holy Smoke! Health Care Employers Must Abate Surgical Smoke Hazards in the Operating Room

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Smoke produced during surgical procedures is carcinogenic and can carry pathogens.  Employers who fail to abate surgical smoke hazards may face liability from employee injuries and OSHA citations....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Cintas Becomes First Employer to Reach 100 Certified OSHA VPP-Star Worksites

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Cintas Corporation has recently become the first company to reach 100 sites with OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) (Program) Star certification....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OSHA Issues FAQs For General Industry For Crystalline Silica Standard

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has recently issued a Frequently Asked Questions for General Industry for the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard. We had noted previously in the blog that most of the provisions of the...more

Littler

OSHA Issues Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Respirable Crystalline Silica for General Industry

Littler on

On January 22, 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to provide guidance to general industry employers on OSHA’s final rule regulating occupational exposure...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Enforcement of OSHA’s Silica Standards in Full Swing

In March 2016, OSHA published its standards for respirable crystalline silica in general industry/maritime (29 C.F.R. § 1910.1053) and in construction (§ 1926.1153), both of which have been phased in. ...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Expansion of OSHA's Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard

Poyner Spruill LLP on

Workers who are exposed to respirable crystalline silica (breathable silica dust) are at an increased risk for developing lung cancer, silicosis, incurable lung disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Crystalline...more

Troutman Pepper

Tightening Silica Exposure Standards

Troutman Pepper on

On June 23, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) implemented one of the final legs of a new rule limiting worker exposure to crystalline silica (or simply “silica”). ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OSHA Enforcement Memo for Crystalline Silica Standard in General Industry and Maritime

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

OSHA has just released a Memorandum on the Enforcement Launch for the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard in General Industry and Maritime rules....more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Worried About OSHA Silica Compliance? Not if You’re in One of These Five States

With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) silica standard already in effect for the construction industry and about to go into effect in June of 2018 for general industry, many employers are anxious...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

OSHA Considering Changes to Silica Rule

OSHA may soon make it easier for employers to comply with the agency’s Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard. The standard, which OSHA announced in 2016 and began to fully enforce last fall, seeks to protect...more

Fisher Phillips

Is OSHA’s New Silica Rule Dust in the Wind? Likely Not. Court Rejects Several Challenges to the New Standard

Fisher Phillips on

Nearly 2.3 million people in the United States work in jobs that expose them to silica. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) claims that more than 100,000 of those workers are engaged in “high risk jobs such...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OSHA Publishes Crystalline Silica Standards Rule Fact Sheets for Construction

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has just released several fact sheets applicable to industries regulated under the Crystalline Silica Standards in Construction Rule....more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Breaking: D.C. Circuit Upholds Silica Standard

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on

Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a long-awaited opinion in a case involving numerous challenges to OSHA’s silica in construction standard. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Circuit Court Finds OSHA Failed to Adequately Explain the Crystalline Silica Standards Rule

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a win for labor, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals orders the remand of the Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction and General Industry (Silica Rule) for OSHA to explain its decision to omit medical...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Ammonia/OSHA Enforcement: Penalties Proposed for Alleged Florida Electric Utility Violations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a November 17th news release stating it cited Tampa Electric Co. (“Tampa Electric”) for alleged violations at its Gibsonton, Florida facility related to a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OSHA Publishes “Small Entity Compliance” Guides for the Crystalline Silica Standards

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has recently published “Small Entity Compliance” Guides for the new Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction and General Industry....more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

OSHA Now Fully Enforcing Silica in Construction Standard

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on

On October 19, 2017, OSHA’s Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary issued interim guidance to Regional Administrators on the new Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard. In this guidance, OSHA explains that as of...more

24 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide