7/11/2024 2:31:59 PM OSHA Releases Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Clirae Bourke +1 more... Show less On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the official text of its Heat Injury and Illness...
1/4/2024 6:14:48 PM Washington Adopts New Refinery Process Safety Management (PSM) Rule By Ben Patton Mary Balaster A.J. Wissinger Sara Eddy +1 more... Show less The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) adopted CR-103, creating a new Part B to chapter 296-67 WAC, on December 27,...
10/26/2023 4:06:23 PM OSHA’s proposed HazCom standard update imposes new burdens By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Dylan Weber A.J. Wissinger +1 more... Show less The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has recently submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget...
10/20/2023 6:53:34 PM How to Prepare for California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention Law By Michele Gehrke Ben Patton Mary Balaster Sara Eddy A.J. Wissinger +2 more... Show less On September 30, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-553 into law. SB-553 is the nation’s first workplace violence...
2/24/2023 4:31:40 PM OSHA Enhances Enforcement via “Instance-By-Instance” Citations and De-Grouping Violations By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Eric Schmoll A.J. Wissinger +1 more... Show less The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released two memos instructing enforcement officers on...
12/3/2021 8:52:35 PM Update on OSHA vaccine ETS litigation: Challengers seek hearing en banc as government moves to dissolve stay By Emily Harbison Ben Patton Jessyka Linton After the Sixth Circuit was selected via a lottery in November to hear the consolidated challenges made against the recent OSHA emergency...
11/4/2021 9:19:10 PM OSHA’s vaccine ETS has arrived for large private employers By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Jessyka Linton On October 21, 2021, we published an article called “Waiting for OSHA: pending vaccine ETS and increased enforcement.” In the article, we...
10/21/2021 7:22:02 PM Waiting for OSHA: pending vaccine ETS and increased enforcement By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Jessyka Linton Since President Joe Biden issued his “Path Out of the Pandemic” memorandum and Executive Order 14042 on September 9, 2021, employers have...
6/21/2021 1:01:09 PM Revised Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Standard Approved by Board and Fast-Tracked by Governor Newsom By Mara Curtis Ben Patton Mary Balaster Michele Gehrke Eric Schmoll +2 more... Show less On Friday June 11, 2021, the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) published new proposed text for...
6/7/2021 9:53:52 PM Cal Safety Standards Board approves second COVID-19 ETS By Ben Patton Mara Curtis Mary Balaster Late last week, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“Standards Board”) reconvened in a public meeting to...
5/20/2021 11:30:21 PM Cal Safety Standards Board defers voting on second COVID-19 ETS until June By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Mara Curtis Earlier today, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board held a public meeting to consider, among other items, the...
5/17/2021 9:56:08 PM Cal-OSHA proposes changes to COVID-19 emergency regulation By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Mara Curtis With vaccination rates on a rise, the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal-OSHA”) have proposed revisions to the...
2/25/2021 6:59:58 PM Cal/OSHA moves forward with development of permanent COVID-19 standard while legislature considers bill to increase enforcement By Ben Patton Mary Balaster California continues to move forward with new proposals for regulation and enforcement of workplace hazards associated with COVID-19. As...
12/12/2020 12:02:02 AM Signs point to Federal OSHA issuing rule under new administration as states continue to modify COVID-19 rules and guidance By Ben Patton Mary Balaster As the transition in presidential administration draws closer and COVID-19 cases continue to increase in certain parts of the country, it...
11/20/2020 9:51:06 PM California rapidly approves sweeping Cal/OSHA emergency COVID-19 regulation By Ben Patton Mary Balaster Just one week after the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) made its proposed COVID-19 Emergency...
11/10/2020 8:08:32 PM Swinging the Pendulum: Significant Shifts in Environmental and Safety Regulation under a Biden Administration By Megan Haines Daniella Landers Todd Maiden Ben Patton Jennifer Smokelin Keturah Brown +3 more... Show less On November 7, 2020, Joe Biden became the projected President-elect of the United States. With an aggressive climate change plan that...