By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has just published a Guidance on removing employers from the Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP). As we noted in a previous blog, since the SVEP has been in effect over 300 employers have been designated as severe violators. However, until now, there has not

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By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen

In the two years since the start of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP), CPL 02-00-149 (June 18, 2010), the list of severe violators has grown considerably. The SVEP Directive defines severe violators as those “employers who have demonstrated indifference to their OSH Act obligations by

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