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Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
Court Enjoins Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors
Attention federal contractors: a Georgia US district court judge has issued a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of Executive...
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Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
OSHA Proposes New Heat Stress Rule
On October 27, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)...
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Michael Peelish, Esq.
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
MSHA Stakeholder Meeting – What’s on the Horizon
MSHA held its Stakeholder meeting on September 29, 2021 with unfortunately more of the same news – too many fatalities. There were 12...
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Josh Schultz, Esq.
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
California Enacts New Law Increasing CalOSHA Enforcement Authority
On September 27, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 606 ("SB 606") into law, granting CalOSHA new tools to enforce...
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Michael Peelish, Esq.
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
OIG Makes Harsh Findings on OSHA’s Protection of Workers from Exposure to Silica
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued its findings on September 29, 2021 to the simple question: To what extent has OSHA protected...
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Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
Cannabis Legislation Advances in Congress
On September 30, 2021, federal cannabis legalization took a giant step forward when the U.S. House Judiciary Committee advanced a...
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Michael Peelish, Esq.
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
MSHA’s New Powered Haulage Standard – Step Carefully Through the “Mine Field”
On September 9, 2021, MSHA issued its proposed Powered Haulage Rule which will require mine operators with six or more miners to develop...
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Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
- Sep 13, 2021
- 1 min
EEOC Recognizes "Long COVID" as a Covered Disability under the ADA
On September 9, 2021, the EEOC updated its COVID-19 guidance by recognizing that “long COVID” may now be a covered disability under the...
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Josh Schultz, Esq.
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
President Biden Announces COVID-19 Action Plan, Including Vaccine Mandates
On Thursday, September 9th, President Biden released a COVID-19 Action Plan, which includes a requirement that companies with 100 or more...
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Josh Schultz, Esq.
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
CalOSHA Spotlights the Agency's Heat Illness Prevention Standard
In the midst of high August temperatures, CalOSHA issued a news release reminding employers of the requirements of their heat illness...
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Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
DC Government Employees & Contractors Subject to Vaccine Mandates
On August 10, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order mandating COVID-19 vaccination certification requirements...
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Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
OSHA Funding Gets Significant Bump in House Bill
On July 29, 2021, the House of Representatives passed its FY 2022 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations package, on a party line vote of...
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Michael Peelish, Esq.
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Incident Report per Part 50.20(a) – How Much is Enough?
When completing an incident report, think of it this way: How much information would someone reading this report need to ensure this...
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Gary Visscher, Esq.
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
Review Commission Vacates Citation on Meaning of “Maintenance”
Does equipment “maintenance” include machine set up and adjustment? That was the question in a recent decision by the OSH Review...
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Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
- Aug 13, 2021
- 1 min
OSHA Releases New COVID Guidance
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") today issued updated guidance to help employers protect workers from...
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Sarah Ghiz Korwan, Esq.
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Meeting Update
On June 22, 2021, the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) met by teleconference and WebEx for the...
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Michael Peelish, Esq.
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
MSHA Believes Miners are Making “Bad Decisions”
During its June 9, 2021 stakeholder meeting, MSHA was at a loss to explain the increase of fatal injuries (15 so far this year versus 29...
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Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
Oregon OSHA Adopts New Heat Illness Prevention Rules
Oregon OSHA is adopting these Heat Illness Prevention rules in Division 2 - General occupational safety and health and Division 4 -...
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Josh Schultz, Esq.
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
CalOSHA Proposes, Delays Revisions to Existing COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
On May 7, 2021, CalOSHA released proposed revisions to its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), asking the state's Standards Board to vote...
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