By James L. Curtis, Brent I. Clark, Mark A. Lies, and Craig B. Simonsen
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Lakeview Specialty Hospital in Waterford, Wisconsin, for exposing employees to workplace violence at its healthcare facility and treatment center. This citation is another example of OSHA’s ongoing efforts to hold employers accountable for workplace violence…
Continue Reading OSHA Cites Healthcare Facility for “Inadequate Workplace Violence Safeguards”
By Mark A. Lies, II, Brent I. Clark, and Craig B. Simonsen
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals recently found, in AKM LLC v. Secretary of Labor, — F.3d —-, 2012 WL 1142273 (DC Cir., April 06, 2012), that where the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had issued certain recordkeeping citations and penalties for alleged errors…
By James L. Curtis and Meagan Newman
On October 20, 2011 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses declined in 2010, from 3.3 million reported in 2009 to 3.1 million. The incidence rate declined from 3.6 cases per 100 employees to 3.5.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis responded to this data,…
Continue Reading Workplace Injuries are Down, but OSHA Warns Health Care, Social Assistance and Public Sector Employers They Are Being Watched
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…
Continue Reading For The Record: OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements and State Variations
