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OSH Law Primer, Part I: Understanding the OSH Act and OSHA

This is the first in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and how both...more

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The Heat Is On: Nevada OSHA’s Proposed Heat Illness Prevention Regulation

The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Nevada OSHA) seeks to implement a new regulation aimed at preventing heat-related illnesses and ensuring the well-being of workers in the state. While this regulation...more

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Under SB 240, Texas Healthcare Facilities Will Be Required to Adopt Workplace Violence Prevention Plans by September 1, 2024

California has long led the nation in addressing workplace violence via the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care standard. The federal Occupational...more

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Oregon Health Authority Suspends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers

On May 10, 2023, the Oregon Health Authority (“OHA”) announced that, effective May 11, it is suspending the statewide rule requiring that health care workers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they have an approved...more

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KOSHRC Suggests That All Kentucky Employers With More Than Eight Employees Must Develop Bloodborne Pathogen Training Programs

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) bloodborne pathogens standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1030, requires employers having employees with “occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious...more

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Cal/OSHA Public Hearing on Proposed Non-Emergency Two-Year COVID-19 Standard Highlights Multiple Conflicting Concerns

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At its meeting on September 15, 2022, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board held a public hearing on a proposed non-emergency COVID-19 standard.  The hearing and subsequent Board discussion during the meeting demonstrated that there...more

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OSHA’s Heat Hazard Enforcement Program and How to Prepare Your Workplace

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently unveiled a new National Emphasis Program (“NEP”) for outdoor and indoor heat-related hazards. To best protect workers in hot working environments,...more

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Workplace Safety in Arizona: OSHA Delays Decision on Proposal to Revoke State Plan

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is holding off on deciding whether to revoke final approval of Arizona’s occupational safety and health (OSH) plan. On August 10, 2022, OSHA said it is...more

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Higher OSHA Penalties Soon To Be Issued in North Carolina

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Tucked into the state budget recently passed by the General Assembly and expected to be signed by Governor Cooper is a provision, see here (reference Part XIII. Labor, page 131), that would dramatically raise the penalties...more

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As Washington’s Summer Approaches, Employers Face New Rules to Protect Workers From Outdoor Heat Exposure and Wildfire Smoke

With summer weather and wildfire season approaching, Washington employers will have new seasonal workplace safety rules to take into account. On June 1, 2022, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I)...more

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Oregon Releases Final Rules on Heat Illness Prevention and Wildfire Smoke Exposure

On May 9 and 10, 2022, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Oregon OSHA) adopted final rules on heat illness and wildfire smoke. The Oregon OSHA Final Heat Illness Prevention Standard - Oregon...more

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Federal OSHA Threatens Arizona with Loss of State Enforcement Authority

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) established a dual enforcement structure for inspections and citations for workplace safety issues. Either federal OSHA enforces the law, or states have the option of electing to...more

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OSHA Withdraws Temporary COVID-19 Vaccine Rule, Foreshadows Permanent Standard

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On Jan. 25, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responded to the Supreme Court’s recent stay of its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) mandating COVID-19 vaccination or testing by releasing a rule...more

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Nevada OSHA Targets Hospitality Industry

Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Nevada OSHA) is performing targeted inspections of Nevada’s hospitality establishments. Even though Nevada OSHA’s “Inspection Targeting Plan and Emphasis Programs”...more

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Oregon OSHA Announces Stance on Federal Vaccine-or-Test Standard

On January 13, 2022, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) announced that because the Supreme Court of the United States has stayed the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA)...more

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Minnesota OSHA Pumps the Brakes on Federal OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

Minnesota’s Occupational Safety Administration (MNOSHA) adopted the federal Occupational Safety Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on January 3, 2022, and began...more

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Oregon OSHA Announces Schedule for Implementing COVID-19 Vaccine or Test Standard

Oregon operates a state plan that the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has approved that applies to both public and private employers. Accordingly, Oregon employers are subject to the state OSHA’s...more

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Minnesota OSHA Adopts Federal OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard

On January 3, 2022, Minnesota’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MNOSHA) adopted the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard...more

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A Blizzard of Activity from Minnesota OSHA in the New Year

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While the working world stepped into the new year, and as federal OSHA awaited a January 7, 2022 oral argument before the United States Supreme Court regarding its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Standard (ETS), on...more

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New Florida Laws Restrict Workplace Vaccine Mandates and Begin State OSH Plan Process

On November 18, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law measures that immediately prohibit workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private and public employers and begin the process for Florida establishing a state...more

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Get to the Point: OSHA’s New Rule on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination

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On November 5, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration published its anticipated emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing (the “ETS”). Citing the “grave danger” posed by the virus...more

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Tennessee Enacts Law Restricting Enforcement of Vaccine Mandates

On November 10, 2021, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that he would sign legislation that addresses various COVID-19–related issues, including vaccine mandates and mask mandates. The law is effective immediately....more

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Federal Government Moves to Revoke South Carolina's Enforcement Authority for Occupational Safety and Health

Under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, states may elect to enforce their own health and safety programs in lieu of federal OSHA exercising enforcement authority. A number of states such as North Carolina and...more

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Virginia’s Permanent COVID Standard Has Been Revised, Again

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Virginia’s Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) has made additional changes to Virginia’s safety standard on COVID in the workplace, the Permanent COVID Standard (16VAC25-220, VOSH Standard for Infectious Disease...more

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Virginia OSHA Issues Third Iteration of its Emergency COVID-19 Regulation

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On August 26, 2021, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board adopted revised amendments to the Final Permanent Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus That Causes COVID-19 (the Final Permanent...more

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