Eric Conn

Washington, D.C.

CEO and Co-founder, Leverage and Editor IoT for All at IoT For All

Founding Partner of Conn Maciel Carey LLP and Chair of the firm's nat'l OSHA Practice. Hoo 2x. Avid UVa & DC sports fan. Proud dad of 2 crazy boys & 1 princess.

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A (Brief) Preview of the Future of Workplace Safety & Health: Trump’s Nominee to Lead OSHA Appears Before the Senate HELP Committee | JD Supra

2 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Rachel Conn |Aaron R. Gelb

On Thursday, June 5, David Keeling, President Trump’s nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor (OSHA), appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (the “HELP Committee”). After starting his career as a package handler, and member of the Teamsters union, at United Parcel Service (UPS) in 1985, held a variety of safety-focused roles, eventually serving as the global head of safety for the package handling giant.
[Webinar] Updates about OSHA’s Egregious and Per-Instance Citation Policy - June 11th, 12:30 pm PT | JD Supra

1 month ago | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Rachel Conn |Mark Ishu

On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT, join Eric Conn, Rachel Conn, and Mark Ishu, of Conn Maciel Carey’s national OSHA Practice, for a special webinar event covering important updates about OSHA’s Egregious and Instance-by-Instance (IBI) Citation Policy.
Fed OSHA Heat Illness Rulemaking – Next Steps for Employers Heat Illness Prevention Rulemaking Coalition | JD Supra

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Beeta B. Lashkari

We are providing an update on federal OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention rulemaking and hopefully starting a meaningful dialogue with the employer community about potential next steps for this controversial rulemaking.
Biden’s OSHA Pushes Heat Illness Prevention Rule Close to the Finish Line - UPDATED 4/14/25 | JD Supra

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Beeta B. Lashkari |Darius Rohani-Shukla

On January 14, 2025, just six days before the transition from the Biden Administration to the second Trump Administration, OSHA closed the books on collecting public comments about the agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) for a Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings standard, taking the proposed rule one step (perhaps a very long step now) away from issuing a final Heat Standard.
Senior Leadership at DOL, OSHA, and MSHA Under a 2nd Trump Administration Is Taking Shape | JD Supra

Feb 19, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Darius Rohani-Shukla

As Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer braces for a flurry of questions at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on her way to a full Senate vote to become President Trump’s Secretary of Labor, the Trump Administration is assembling its new senior leadership team to oversee workplace safety and labor policy.
Viewpoint: Early Executive Actions by Trump Portend a Major Contraction at OSHA

Feb 10, 2025 | insurancejournal.com | Eric Conn |Darius Rohani-Shukla

President Trump was sworn in for a second term the morning of January 20, and he spent the rest of that day setting a record for the most ever Day 1 executive actions. Among those Day 1 executive actions (and a couple others that followed later in his first week back in the White House), was a series of Executive Orders and directives targeting staffing, budgeting, and rulemaking, which are designed to drastically shrink regulatory and enforcement agencies, like OSHA.
Viewpoint: Early Executive Actions by Trump Portend a Major Contraction at OSHA

Feb 6, 2025 | claimsjournal.com | Eric Conn |Darius Rohani-Shukla

President Trump was sworn in for a second term the morning of January 20, and he spent the rest of that day setting a record for the most ever Day 1 executive actions. Among those Day 1 executive actions (and a couple others that followed later in his first week back in the White House), was a series of Executive Orders and directives targeting staffing, budgeting, and rulemaking, which are designed to drastically shrink regulatory and enforcement agencies, like OSHA.
The Pendulum Swings: Early Executive Actions by Trump Portend a Major Contraction at OSHA | JD Supra

Feb 4, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Darius Rohani-Shukla

President Trump was sworn in for a second term the morning of January 20th, and he spent the rest of that day setting a record for the most ever Day 1 executive actions (i.e., Executive Orders, Proclamations, pardons, etc.).
New U.S. Chemical Safety Board Tool | JD Supra

Jan 20, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn |Beeta B. Lashkari

On Tuesday, January 14, the CSB announced a new “incident report” tool, calling it a “new safety product to provide the public with more information about serious chemical incidents reported to the agency.” Through its announcement, the CSB released the first volume of incident reports. The CSB will be compiling summaries of incidents reported under its Accidental Release Reporting Rule (“ARRR”) and making them available to the public on the CSB’s website on a regular basis.
[Webinar] OSHA’s 2024 Year In-Review and Lookahead to OSHA Under a Second Trump Administration - January 28th, 1:00 pm ET | JD Supra

Jan 16, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Eric Conn

The ball has dropped, the confetti has been swept out of Times Square, and 2024 is in the books. It’s time to take a look back and take stock of what we learned from and about OSHA over the past four years of the Biden/Harris Administration, and more importantly, look ahead to what we can expect from OSHA in the first year of the Trump/Vance Administration.

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Articles

A (Brief) Preview of the Future of Workplace Safety & Health: Trump’s Nominee to Lead OSHA Appears Before the Senate HELP Committee | JD Supra

[Webinar] Updates about OSHA’s Egregious and Per-Instance Citation Policy - June 11th, 12:30 pm PT | JD Supra

Fed OSHA Heat Illness Rulemaking – Next Steps for Employers Heat Illness Prevention Rulemaking Coalition | JD Supra

Biden’s OSHA Pushes Heat Illness Prevention Rule Close to the Finish Line - UPDATED 4/14/25 | JD Supra

Senior Leadership at DOL, OSHA, and MSHA Under a 2nd Trump Administration Is Taking Shape | JD Supra

Viewpoint: Early Executive Actions by Trump Portend a Major Contraction at OSHA

Viewpoint: Early Executive Actions by Trump Portend a Major Contraction at OSHA

The Pendulum Swings: Early Executive Actions by Trump Portend a Major Contraction at OSHA | JD Supra

New U.S. Chemical Safety Board Tool | JD Supra

[Webinar] OSHA’s 2024 Year In-Review and Lookahead to OSHA Under a Second Trump Administration - January 28th, 1:00 pm ET | JD Supra

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