By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen
OSHA has recently posted to its website its annual listing of the “Top Ten Most Frequently Cited Violations.”
In an educational and entertaining graphic, OSHA lists off the ten most cited standards.
As in years past, the Top Ten listing identifies scaffolding, fall protection, respiratory protection and lockout/tagout (LOTO) as
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By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen
OSHA has recently posted to its website its Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) White Paper and concludes that “employers have been paying attention”.
The SVEP, which became effective on June 18, 2010, was intended to focus enforcement efforts on “recalcitrant employers” who demonstrate indifference to the health and safety of their employees
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Seyfarth Shaw OSHA practice partner Meagan Newman was quoted recently in an IndustryWeek article discussing workplace violence.
“Every employer should be thinking about the potential for workplace violence and what steps they might take to prevent or address it.” Newman cites to a case where a Texas convenience store in 2012 had a robbery that resulted in the death
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