By Mark A. Lies II and Timothy R. Gerlach[1]
It is a fact of everyday business life that many employers will, from time to time, be required to engage outside contractors to perform a variety of services at the employer’s facility that the employer cannot perform with its own employees. Recently, OSHA has begun to expand the employer’s liability for
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By Mark A. Lies II and Elizabeth Leifel Ash
In July 2010, OSHA began an inspection of Haasbach, LLC following the death of two teenage workers at a Mt. Carroll, Illinois grain elevator. The employees became entrapped in corn more than 30 feet deep in the elevator and suffocated. During the OSHA investigation, OSHA issued a document subpoena to Haasbach’s
By Mark A. Lies II and Elizabeth Leifel Ash
In the universe of complex OSHA regulations that govern day-to-day operations and have a direct effect on employee safety, it is easy for OSHA’s more prosaic recordkeeping and reporting requirements to get lost in the shuffle. However, OSHA can issue citations to employers for failing to follow recordkeeping and reporting rules
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