OSHA/Safety Blog Posts
- OSHA Stays Civil Proceedings Pending Criminal Prosecution November 2011
- The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has directed an administrative
law judge to stay civil enforcement proceedings pending a potential criminal prosecution
against an employer. See Sec’y of Labor v. Aerospace Mfg. CT Systems, LLC, OSHRC,
No. 11-0315, September 22, 2011...
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- OSHA Inspections and Citations Reach Record Highs June 2010
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is on pace to
perform more inspections and issue more citations in fiscal year
2010 than in any other year. Half-way through the fiscal year,
OSHA had conducted 21,522 inspections and issued 52,350 citations...
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- OSHA Finds General Contractor Liability for Violations Created by Subcontractor August 2009
- On 27 July 2009, the Occupational Safety and
Health Review Commission (“OSHARC”), ruled, in Secretary
of Labor v. Summit Contractors Inc. (OSHRC No. 03-1622, 7/27/09),
that a general contractor, as the “controlling employer”,
could be cited...
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- Court Holds That Contractor is Responsible for Hazard Created by Subcontractor March 2009
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a
Department of Labor policy which allowed Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (“OSHA”) inspectors to cite general
contractors for hazardous work conditions faced by their
subcontractors' employees at a construction site
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