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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

No 6. But No One Was There? OSHA Can Still Cite for Unsafe Work Conditions Where Workers Were Not Exposed

We often hear, “OSHA can’t cite me because I didn’t employ the injured worker.” Unfortunately, this statement is often untrue. Under OSHA’s Multi-Employer Doctrine, if you are an employer on a worksite where other...more

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OSHA Releases First-Ever National Heat Safety Rule: 10 Steps for Employers

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In a groundbreaking move, federal workplace safety officials announced yesterday the first-ever national heat stress rule aimed at protecting workers from heat-related illnesses and fatalities. The proposed regulations from...more

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Workplace Violence Prevention Plans Required For California Employers by July 2024(update)

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Senate Bill 553, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires nearly all employers in the State of California to prepare a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, train employees on how to identify and avoid workplace...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Last Call for Employers to Submit OSHA Form 300A Data

Employers who meet certain size and industry requirements have until March 2, 2024 to electronically submit occupational injury and illness data from their Form 300A Annual Summary for 2023 to the federal Occupational Safety...more

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OSHA Provides Webinar and Instructional Materials to Instruct Employers On New Obligations in Using OSHA’s Injury Tracking...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As a new update this year, certain employes are required to submit OSHA Form 300, 301 and 300A online.  OSHA recently offered a webinar on using it’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA) to submit this data....more

Warner Norcross + Judd

MIOSHA to Start Seeking Additional Workplace Injury and Illness Data from Employers in High-Hazard Industries

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Earlier this week, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) amended its existing administrative standard concerning covered employers’ recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses....more

Roetzel & Andress

OSHA Electronic Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Expanded to Certain Employers

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Effective January 1, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) expands its electronic recordkeeping and reporting requirements for certain employers in designated industries. The regulation, “Improve...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

It’s That Time of Year Again for OSHA Workplace Injury Reporting

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As we move forward into 2024, this is a friendly reminder that many employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of and report serious work-related injuries and illnesses. While certain low-risk...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

New Occupational Safety and Health Administration Injury Reporting Rules

To improve the tracking of workplace illnesses and injuries, OSHA on January 2, 2024 began requiring electronic submission of OSHA Forms 300 and 301. Additionally, the following new changes and requirements go into effect,...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

OSHA—Critical Updates for 2023 & 2024

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OSHA has been particularly busy and aggressive lately, making good on Biden Administration promises and talking points—hiring more inspectors, appointing new administrators, conducting more inspections, aggressively issuing...more

Woodruff Sawyer

OSHA Requires More Injury and Illness Data from Some Employers

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a new standard requiring employers in high-hazard industries to submit more injury and illness data. It requires some employers to report not only 300A...more

Baker Donelson

Are You a "High-Hazard" Employer? New OSHA Submission Requirements for Injury and Illness Records

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In a revival of an OSHA recordkeeping rule originally implemented under the Obama administration in 2016 and "rolled back" by the Trump administration in 2019, OSHA issued a final rule on July 21, 2023, requiring certain...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Hazard Alert! Don’t Ignore OSHA’s Updated Electronic Submission Requirements for Employers

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Effective January 1, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new record-keeping rule will now require employers with 100 or more workers in OSHA’s “highest hazard” industries to electronically file...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New OSHA COVID-19 Rule Changes Reporting Requirements for Hospitalizations and Deaths

Most of the heat and light surrounding the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) involve the mandatory vaccination or test requirements. However, the rule contains a...more

Cozen O'Connor

OSHA Clarifies No Need For “Double” Reporting Of Related Injuries/Illnesses

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Under OSHA’s Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation, employers are required to affirmatively notify OSHA when an employee suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye...more

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New OSHA Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace

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In response to President Biden’s Executive Order requiring action to protect workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released a comprehensive new guidance document for...more

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OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance

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On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated guidance aimed at helping employers implement COVID-19 Prevention Programs to better identify workplace risks that could lead to...more

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What Will A Federal OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Likely Require?

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As predicted following Joe Biden’s election as President of the United States, the new administration announced last week that it has directed the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Deadline for Opposing Oregon OSHA’s Proposed Increase in Penalties and Changes to Eliminate Various Defenses is October 30, 2020

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Oregon OSHA has proposed new and sweeping changes to its regulations.  These changes are designed to make it much easier for Oregon OSHA to uphold an alleged “serious” violation of the regulations....more

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OSHA Clarifies Reporting Requirement for COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations and Fatalities With New FAQs

On September 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a new series of answers to its “COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) guidance relating to an...more

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OSHA Issues Sobering Reminder to Employers About Reporting COVID-19 Related Fatalities and Hospitalizations

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As if employers aren’t already tested managing the challenges of the pandemic, on September 30, OSHA updated its COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions to remind employers about their duty to report and record COVID-19 related...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Adding A Dash Of PPE Into Your IIPP: A California Employer’s Recipe For Employee Health And Safety

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I am amazed at how often business owners are surprised to learn that all employers in California are required to prepare, implement and inform employees about the employer’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP). Are...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Steps To Take To Prepare For COVID Claims NOW

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Over the past few months, COVID workers’ compensation claims and third-party lawsuits have been popping up around the country. Most recently – in Illinois – the family of a woman who died of complications related to COVID-19...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OSHA Issues First COVID-19 Citation for Untimely Reporting of Hospitalizations

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Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA issued its first COVID-19 citation to a Georgia nursing home. The citation alleges a failure to report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in hospital admissions....more

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OSHA Issues Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recordingkeeping of COVID-19 Cases

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted a Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of COVID-19. Under the OSHA regulations and the revised guidance, most cases of...more

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