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
- 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
- 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
- Aug 11, 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 4, 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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