Health and Safety Law Report

Nov 25 2024 37 ep. 22 mins 14
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What can employers do to avoid OSHA citations and keep employees safe? Attorneys Abbie White and Doug Jenks address employers' concerns regarding health and safety law. The hosts seek to provide information (in non-legal language) regarding jobsite health and safety. If you are looking for legalese, this podcast is probably not for you. But if you want some help navigating the health and safety regulatory environment, then please tune in.

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Independent Contractor or Employee? Better Get it Straight!

Nov 25 2024 26 mins  
Every person you pay for some service is either your employee or a contractor. And guess what? The factors that determine the nature of the relationship are not as clear as most people think. And worse, the factors change from time to time depending on your jurisdiction. For example, the federal government's analysis has recently changed under the Biden administration. This could b

Feel the Burn: OSHA's Proposed Heat Illness Prevention Standard is Here (And so is our summer music playlist)

Aug 08 2024 36 mins  
It is here. OSHA has published its proposed standard on heat illness prevention. Join Abbie and Doug as they review the proposed standard, including its surprises and mysteries. But wait! There's more. Its early August. Summer is almost over, but it's never too late for a new summer playlist. Tune in as Abbie and Doug review their own proposed standard summer playlist for 2024. Cli

Prison for OSHA Citations?!

Jun 28 2024 16 mins  
Who knew that employers and even employees can go to jail for OSHA violations? It's both true and terrifying. Tune in to this edition of the Health and Safety Law Report to learn how to stay out of OSHA jail. Abbie also provides a brief update on the criminal case involving Alex .... make that ALEC Baldwin following the work-related death on set for the film Rust.

The Heat is On! OSHA is Closer than Ever to a Heat Illness Prevention Standard

Jun 03 2024 18 mins  
OSHA is inching closer to adopting a standard for heat illness prevention. In this smokin' hot episode of the Health and Safety Law Report, your intrepid hosts discuss the likely contents of the new standard, and also talk about what OSHA expects employers to do right now to protect employees from heat hazards. For more information, please see OSHA's heat stress web page. See also

OSHA's Great Data Dump of '24

Apr 26 2024 13 mins  
Alert! OSHA has released injury and illness data collected under the 2023 “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” regulation. This data dump doesn’t just include 300A summary data - it includes individual illness and injury data submitted by employers with 100 or more employees, in “high hazard” industries. Join Doug and Abbie as they discuss the data has b

Eclipse Watch Party at Work? You May Need a Liability Waiver and Music Playlist!

Apr 04 2024 19 mins  
The Eclipse is coming! Are you having a watch party at work? What will you listen to? Every party has to have a music playlist, right? Who better to create and curate that playlist than the Health and Safety Law Report? We've got all the songs, listed in order, to rock out to as the event unfolds. Click here for the playlist on Spotify.Oh, and if the party gets too nutty, you might

Eclipse 2024! Employers Beware When the Sun Goes Out !

Apr 02 2024 17 mins  
Alert! The sun will go dark mid-afternoon on April 8 for millions of Americans from Texas to Maine, and every place in between. That means your outdoor worksite will be plunged into total and complete darkness. And your employees working indoors will all simultaneously run outdoors to stare at the sun! What's an employer to do? In this exciting and timely and ever entertaining epis

Reporting Hospitalizations to OSHA: It's Like Calling the Cops on Yourself

Feb 12 2024 16 mins  
The OSHA standards require employers to contact OSHA when an employee is admitted to the hospital for treatment due to a work injury. Thats like calling the police on yourself. So employers should be sure to do so only when required. In this episode of the Health & Safety Law Report, Abbie and Doug discuss OSHA's definition of "treatment." Do diagnostics count? How about an ove

Happy Holidays! Now Get Ready for OSHA's New Electronic Reporting Requirement!

Dec 23 2023 25 mins  
Happy Holidays from the Health & Safety Law Report! In this year's Christmas Special, Abbie and Doug discuss OSHA's new electronic reporting requirement. Better get ready. Electronic reports are due by March 2, 2024 for many employers. But wait! There's more. Because its Christmas, Abbie and Doug talk about whether OSHA would consider mayhem at office Christmas parties to be wo

Legal Recreational Weed and Work: What's an Employer to Do?

Dec 04 2023 36 mins  
Dude.... Don't get high at work! Recently, Ohio joined many other states by legalizing recreational marijuana. In this episode of the Health & Safety Law Report, Abbie, Doug, and their guest Amy Mitchell discuss the employment implications of legalized marijuana. What does this mean for the workplace and workplace safety? OSHA has not directly addressed this issue, but still ha