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Sep 13, 2024 |
jdsupra.com | Mark Lies |Adam Young
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. Workplace accidents create complex interaction of legal liabilities relating to worker’s compensation (if your employee was injured), OSHA (applicable to any worker onsite), tort law (particularly if a non-employee was injured), contract law, and criminal law.
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Mar 13, 2024 |
jdsupra.com | Mark Lies |Adam Young
March 13, 2024 To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: INTRODUCTIONThe Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to report certain serious injuries by telephone within twenty-four (24) hours. Injuries that must be reported include injuries that result in inpatient hospitalization for medical treatment, amputations, and losses of an eye.
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Mar 13, 2024 |
lexblog.com | Adam Young |Mark Lies
By Adam R. Young and Mark A. Lies, IIINTRODUCTIONThe Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to report certain serious injuries by telephone within twenty-four (24) hours. Injuries that must be reported include injuries that result in inpatient hospitalization for medical treatment, amputations, and losses of an eye. Work-related fatalities, including those caused by heart attacks, must be reported within eight (8) hours.
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Jan 31, 2024 |
lexblog.com | Adam Young |Mark Lies |A. Scott Hecker |Patrick Joyce
By Adam R. Young, Mark A. Lies, II, A. Scott Hecker, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. SimonsenSeyfarth Synopsis: While the Solicitors at the Department of Labor (DOL)only litigate civil OSHA citations, DOL has announced enhanced coordination with criminal law enforcement for employers’ representatives in fatality cases. Criminal matters often involve highly resource intensive work that involves safety managers, operations managers, and executives.
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Oct 6, 2023 |
jdsupra.com | A. Scott Hecker |Mark Lies |Adam Young
Seyfarth Synopsis: Most employers understand that they are required to report serious injuries and illnesses to OSHA shortly after they occur. Even employers in low hazard industries who are not required to keep written OSHA records still face reporting obligations. Federal OSHA regulations require employers to report work-related fatalities within eight hours, and serious injuries within 24 hours (amputations, loss of eye, or hospitalizations for medical treatment).
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