Second Circuit holds that city regulation not preempted by OSHA *

USA - May 9 2013
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has analyzed the effect of "dual impact" regulations, and found that an exception will save city regulations from…

Co-authors: Craig B. Simonsen .

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OSHA zeroes in on temporary worker issues *

USA - May 3 2013
Citing recent reports of deaths of temporary employees, many of which have occurred on the first day of the job, OSHA issued a memorandum this week…

Co-authors: Mark A. Lies II , Kerry M. Mohan.

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7th Circuit upholds MSHA's authority to request medical records to verify reported injury statistics *

USA - May 1 2013
Mine operators and employee interveners lost their joint appeal to U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals -- where the Court agreed with the…

Co-authors: Craig B. Simonsen , Brent I. Clark.

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MSHRC failed to explain departure from its precedent! *

USA - March 20 2013
The DC Circuit has just remanded a case to the Mine Safety and Health Review Commission because the Commission failed to explain its departure from…

Co-authors: Craig B. Simonsen .

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Sequester impact on OSHA enforcement and MSHA backlog *

USA - March 6 2013
At an ABA conference in California today, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA, Jordan Barab, described some of the consequences of the sequester…

Co-authors: Brent I. Clark.

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