By James L. Curtis, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: We had blogged previously that OSHA appealed an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruling that severely limited OSHA’s Multi-Employer Worksite Doctrine and citation of a “controlling employer” general contractor. Acosta v. Hensel Phelps Constr. Co., No. 17-60543 (5th Cir. August 4, 2017). The Fifth
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By Meagan Newman, Elizabeth Leifel Ash, and Craig B. Simonsen
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) use of constructive knowledge to impose liability on employers arising from activities at workplaces where more than one employers employees are working. In Summitt Contractors, Inc. v Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, No.
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