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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Adam Young |Ilana R. Morady |Patrick Joyce
Seyfarth Synopsis: Ongoingwildfires in Southern California trigger Cal/OSHA regulations thatrequire employers to train and protect employees from wildfiresmoke. The regulation applies to most outdoor workplaces, requiringemployers to provide N95 respirators at certain AQI trigger levels,effective communication, and training on wildfire smokehazards.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Daniel Birnbaum |Matthew Sloan |Adam Young
Seyfarth Synopsis: With another dramatic reversal from a pro-labor Democratic administration to a second Trump administration, we anticipate that OSHA is likely to pivot away from its current enforcement-heavy agenda to a greater emphasis on cooperation with the business community.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Adam Young |Patrick Joyce |A. Scott Hecker |Craig Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA
recently unveiled an online tool allowing the public to access
severe injury reports, injury trends over time, geographic trends,
and trends specific to each employer.
OSHA's new Severe Injury Report dashboard allows the
public to search and download data by year, industry NAICS code,
state, establishment name (i.e., employer), and Occupational Injury
and Illness Classification System codes.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
seyfarth.com | Adam Young
Attorney Publication Sep 11, 2024 Click for PDF By: Adam R. Young[1] and Mark A. Lies II[2] A terrible accident has occurred at your worksite. An employee operating a forklift made an errant turn, crashed into a support beam, and sustained serious injuries.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Elizabeth Blickley |Adam Young
Summers are the ideal time for movies, baseball, long and winding road trips across the U.S. in search of the perfect family vacation or, just as important, a reasonable crypto tax reporting form. In response to the IRS’s April 2024 release of the draft Form 1099-DA (Digital Asset Proceeds from Broker Transactions), the crypto industry loudly said, “This is crazy!”. But crypto traders, like the Griswolds on their quest to Walley World, were not deterred when things didn’t go their way.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Craig Simonsen |Adam Young |Daniel Birnbaum
Seyfarth Synopsis: The
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's
("OSHA") Hazard Communications ("HazCom")
Standard was the most frequently cited general industry standard in
the past fiscal year. OSHA recently announced a final rule that
will update the current HazCom Standard to require new information
on Safety Data Sheets and labels. The updated standard takes effect
on July 19.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | James Curtis |Adam Young |Craig Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: Numerous
business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued
the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration over the Agency's new walkaround rule. The suit, Civil Action No. 24-271,
was filed last week in federal court in the Western District of
Texas, challenging the legality of the recent regulation that
expanded workers' rights to bring in outside representatives
during OSHA safety and health inspections.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Daniel Birnbaum |Craig Simonsen |Adam Young
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) Hazard Communications (“HazCom”) Standard was the most frequently cited general industry standard in the past fiscal year. OSHA recently announced a final rule that will update the current HazCom Standard to require new information on Safety Data Sheets and labels. The updated standard takes effect on July 19. Image from OSHA.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Craig Simonsen |Adam Young |Daniel Birnbaum
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) Hazard Communications (“HazCom”) Standard was the most frequently cited general industry standard in the past fiscal year. OSHA recently announced a final rule that will update the current HazCom Standard to require new information on Safety Data Sheets and labels. The updated standard takes effect on July 19.
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May 31, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | James Curtis |Craig Simonsen |Adam Young
Seyfarth Synopsis: Numerous business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over the Agency’s new walkaround rule. The suit, Civil Action No. 24-271, was filed last week in federal court in the Western District of Texas, challenging the legality of the recent regulation that expanded workers’ rights to bring in outside representatives during OSHA safety and health inspections.
