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Tag Archives: OSHA Inspections
It Took 12 Years To Decide That’s Not Willful?!
Let’s continue our discussion of employer “Willful” behavior. OSHA can be inconsistent in its application of the classification, and it is often up to the employer to establish the distinction between “serious” and “willful” behavior during and after an OSHA … Continue reading
Posted in construction, government inspections, OSHA, willful
Tagged challenging osha willful classification, difference between willful and serious osha citations, employee safety, managing an osha inspection, managing osha multiemployer workplaces, OSHA Inspections, what is a willful citation?
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Worst Case Scenario – National Claims and a Painful Ergonomic Settlement
This is a sobering Blog. There are legitimate workplace safety concerns involving ergonomic issues in many industries, but how would you like to be on the receiving end of the attacks described below? Let’ discuss the most recent development in … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, concerted protected activity, cultural changes, employer policies, government inspections, hospitality, incentive plans, OSHA, retail, social media, union organizing, unions, wellness, workers comp
Tagged accomodating injured workers, Cal-OSHA obtains ergonomic concessions from hotel, concerted protected activity, controlling workers comp costs, discrimination claims, employee attitudes, employee safety, employer policies, ergonomic claims against hospitality employers, fast food restaurants, hotels, OSHA Inspections, social media, union corp[orate campaigns, union organizing, UNITE-HERE
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Don’t Forget to Post That OSHA 300A Summary By This Friday, February 1!
Don’t Forget to Post That OSHA 300A Summary By This Friday, February 1! It always amazes me that such an admittedly dry subject creates so much interest. Today, we held the first of two Firm webinars today on the nuts and bolts … Continue reading
Posted in government inspections, incentive plans, OSHA, whistleblower/retaliation
Tagged emr and split point formula, osha 300 forms, osha 300's must be posted february 1. 2013!, osha and safety incentives, osha citations for recordkeeping violations, OSHA Inspections, osha recrdkeeping errors, recording temporary employee injuries
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Zero Injuries Is Not Proof Of Safety Excellance
I notice that one of the most popular subjects on which I blog is how to “lawfully” incentivize safety. A number of my Blogs and articles have focused on OSHA’s vigorous attacks on Employer Safety Incentive Programs or on the … Continue reading
Not Sexy, But It Is Important: Top 10 OSHA Crane Standards Cited
Thanks to Jim Goss, one of the best safety Professionals I know, for the list below of common OSHA Crane Citations. 1. 1926.1428(a) Signal person not qualified 2. 1926.1425(c)(3) Materials not rigged by a qualified rigger 3. 1926.1428(a)(3) No documentation … Continue reading
OSHA WILL Go After You If They Don’t Like Your Policies On Discipline For Not reporting Injuries
OSHA Region V recently gave a presentation on their focus on retaliation cases, including an intense scrutiny of rules and discipline related to failure to timely report workplace injuries. These comments reflect the OSHA National emphasis I keep harping about … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, discipline and discharge, employer policies, government inspections, incentive plans, OSHA, whistleblower/retaliation
Tagged accomodating injured workers, controlling workers comp costs, discipline for failure to report an injury, discrimination claims, employee safety, employer policies, osha and safety incentives, OSHA Inspections, osha whistleblower and safety rules
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Confusion About Safety Incentive Plans – Legal or Illegal?
Questions about Safety Incentive Plans have resurfaced in a number of discussions and blogs because of OSHA’s steadily increasing rhetoric against safety incentive programs that rely on injury data and/or whose incentives OSHA deems to be of sufficient magnitude to … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, construction, discipline and discharge, employer policies, government contracting, government inspections, incentive plans, manufacturing, OSHA, plastics, workers comp
Tagged attacks on safety incentive plans, discrimination claims, disparate impact, employee safety, employer benefit plans, employer policies, Fairfax osha memo on safety incentive plans, lawful safety incentive plans, osha and safety incentives, OSHA Inspections, retaliation against employees for reporting injuries, safety incentive plans
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The Care and Feeding Of Counsel
My Las Vegas partner, Mark Ricciardi, recently posted the Fourth Part of his Blog on “Ten Reasons to Find a New Labor Employment Attorney.” I respect Mark’s opinions because he maintains some of our most enthusiastic clients. Over the next … Continue reading
Posted in acqusition and mergers, combustible dust, concerted protected activity, construction, discipline and discharge, EEOC, employer benefit plans, employer policies, food processing, government contracting, government inspections, harassment, hospitality, litigation, managing legal matters, manufacturing, NLRB, OSHA, plant openings and closures, plastics, retail, social media, union organizing, unions, wage hour, workplace violence
Tagged concerted protected activity, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, effective lawyers, employer policies, employment attorney, fast food restaurants, management labor attorney, managing lawyers, nlrb and social media, osha combustible dust requirements, OSHA Inspections, reducing legal fees, retail workers, union organizing, wage hour
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OSHA’s Latest Regulatory Agenda Suggests Few New Regulations In 2013
OSHA tardily published its Fall Regulatory Agenda on December 21. The Administration did not even publish the Spring Agenda, and commentators for management and labor have described the dates as bearing little relationship with temporal reality as we know it. … Continue reading
Posted in combustible dust, construction, food processing, government inspections, manufacturing, OSHA, plastics, retail
Tagged 2013, employee safety, employer benefit plans, employer policies, I2P2, I2P2 still at pre rule stage, osha and safety incentives, osha combustible dust requirements, osha fall 2012 regulatory agenda, OSHA Inspections, osha making regulations by directive, safety programs
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OSHA Can Now Connect the Dots and Track Your Company’s Inspection Trends
OSHA has long been hampered by its difficulty in coordinating between different Federal Area Offices and State Plans. Inspections at companies or construction contractors with many locations tend to be viewed one work site at a time, other than for … Continue reading
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