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Mark Moran
- Feb 2
- 2 min
OSHA Penalties Increase, Putting Pressure on Employers to Comply with Workplace Safety
The U.S. Department of Labor has published its yearly increases to the maximum civil penalties that may be assessed via citations against...
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Mark Moran
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Supreme Court Blocks OSHA's Mandate for Large Employers (100 or More Employees)
Legal experts and business leaders rejoiced Thursday following news that the Supreme Court had blocked President Joe Biden’s COVID-19...
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Mark Moran
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
OSHA Needs to Improve Reporting of Summary Injury and Illness Data (300A)
Employers must report data on work-related injuries and illnesses to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration each year. OSHA...
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Mark Moran
- Nov 8, 2021
- 39 min
FAQs for Employers on the OSHA Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is issuing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect unvaccinated...
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Mark Moran
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Know Your Vaccine Rights
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is about to require 80 million working Americans to get vaccinated. You may be among...
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Mark Moran
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Beware! Sleepy Joe is Waking Up
With any new Democrat presidency comes a variety of changes across government, especially one area of change that will affect thousands,...
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Mark Moran
- Feb 7, 2021
- 1 min
New OSHA Citation Penalty Amounts
After Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act in 2015, it has now become an annual...
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Mark Moran
- Jan 7, 2021
- 4 min
OSHA's Use of Drones May Expand in 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a final rule allowing operators to fly small drones over people under certain...
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Mark Moran
- Nov 22, 2020
- 3 min
What to Expect During the Biden Administration
President-elect Biden has released the outline of his plan for curbing the spread of COVID-19. The outline makes no specific mention of...
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Mark Moran
- Sep 13, 2020
- 2 min
OSHA Ripped Over Small COVID-19 Fines for Meatpackers
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, elbow bumps Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia . OSHA has cited JBS Foods Inc. in Greeley, Colorado, for...
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Mark Moran
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Important Protections for Working Safely in Summer Heat
Throughout much of the U.S., high temperatures and humidity in the summer season can create hot and hazardous working conditions, both...
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Mark Moran
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
OSHA Guidance on Recording Work-Related COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Ilnesses
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires most employers to record work-related illnesses and injuries. Within 29...
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Mark Moran
- Jan 17, 2020
- 1 min
OSHA Violations - 2020 Inflation Adjustment
I have blogged previously about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) annual adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for...
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Mark Moran
- Nov 13, 2019
- 4 min
Rising OSHA Fines
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revised its civil penalties to accommodate rising inflation rates. The...
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Mark Moran
- Oct 5, 2019
- 1 min
Court Sentences Ohio Roofing Contractor to 3 Years in Prison For Ignoring Safety Hazards
An Ohio county court has sentenced Jim Coon – a roofing contractor based in Akron, Ohio – to prison after he pleaded guilty to...
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Mark Moran
- Aug 10, 2019
- 2 min
California Adopts Emergency Wildfire Smoke Standard
California regulators adopted an emergency standard requiring employers to protect workers from wildfire smoke. A bill introduced in the...
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Mark Moran
- Aug 3, 2019
- 1 min
New OSHA Heat Standard
From military branches to various states, many different heat prevention guidelines have been promulgated; however, there is still no...
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Mark Moran
- Feb 2, 2019
- 2 min
OSHA Issues Final Rule to Protect Privacy of Workers
To protect worker privacy, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule. OSHA will not require...
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Mark Moran
- Nov 13, 2018
- 4 min
Hazard Communication Blog
I am always amazed by how many employers are confused about the new Hazard Communication Standard ($1910.1200). So, in this blog I will...
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