This case starts out like many other 105(c) discrimination cases. The complainant miner makes safety concerns to management and then is...

On May 4, 2021, Oregon OSHA adopted a permanent rule governing COVID safety in the workplace, replacing the temporary rule which expired...

Workplace violence has long been considered an employee safety and health issue, as well as, frequently, a crime. In 1993, OSHA issued...

“Why miners?” is the first question people ask when the topic of opioid addiction and occupational injuries is raised. The answer has...

OSHA announced on Monday that it sent a draft emergency temporary standard (ETS) on workplace safety rules to prevent the spread of...

Adele Abrams discusses marijuana legislation and workplace safety. Click the play button below to listen!

Douglas Parker has been nominated by President Biden to be assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, heading OSHA....

Adele Abrams discusses Marty Walsh, the Biden Administration's recently confirmed Secretary of Labor. Click the play button below to...

OSHA’s serious injury reporting rule, 29 C.F.R. 1904.39, requires employers to report to OSHA any fatality, in-patient hospitalization,...

On March 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Wage and Hour Division, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the...

In a decision issued on March 26, 2021, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a citation issued by MSHA to Knight Hawk Coal LLC...

COVID-19 vaccines are here, and while many people have waited impatiently for their turn to get the “jab” of one of the three vaccines...

Litigation involving Amazon and the Office of the Attorney General of New York is highlighting issues and questions about the scope of...

Under section 10 of the OSH Act, an employer has only 15 working days to contest a citation and proposed penalty from OSHA. If the Notice...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on January 28, 2021 the establishment of a Worker Rights and Fair Labor Section...

Virginia has implemented a Permanent Safety and Health Standard requiring employers to control, prevent, and mitigate the spread of...

It is axiomatic that the U.S. Department of Labor and its Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is the agency chiefly responsible...

Following a directive from President Biden, OSHA released updated guidance and recommendations for employers responding to COVID-19. This...

On January 21, 2021, the Federal Mine Safety and Review Commission affirmed ALJ Margaret Miller’s determination that a citation and an...

With vaccines for COVID-19 rolling Adele Abrams addresses the questions or concerns EHS professionals might have about complying with...