Occupational Safety and Health

The services our attorneys provide in workplace safety and health include:

Inspections and Enforcement Actions

• Representing employers in OSHA hazard alerts, inspections, informal conferences, and citation enforcement actions, including cases involved alleged willful, repeat, and egregious penalty cases.
• Preparing management and supervisory personnel in anticipation of, and during, OSHA inspections.
• Representing employers in all aspects of defense against whistle-blower claims, workplace fatalities, accidents, catastrophes, chemical spills and toxic tort claims.

Whistleblower and Retaliation Defense

• Representing companies in investigations and litigation involving allegations of whistle-blowing and retaliation under the Occupation Safety and Health Act and other whistleblower laws

Compliance Advice 

• Conducting on-site safety and health audits for compliance with federal and state occupational safety and health requirements.
• Conducting workplace hazard assessments. 
• Developing workplace safety programs and policies, training, and enforcement processes. 
• Review compliance under OSHA record-keeping regulations. 
• Evaluation of training and personal protective equipment for compliance with OSHA requirements. 
• Review of employee handbooks and procedures.

Management/Supervisor Training

• Custom training on all aspects of workplace safety and health compliance issues for corporate safety departments, management, supervisors, foremen, team leaders and human resources professionals. 
• Creation of written training materials and PowerPoint presentations that may be used in-house by employers in training personnel.

Press Releases and Responses Related to Inspections, Investigations, Litigation and Workplace Catastrophes/Fatalities

• Representing employers in their comprehensive response to workplace fatalities and disasters.
• Preparing press releases regarding the status of inspections, investigations, and litigation or workplace catastrophes/fatalities.
• Responding to requests for information and documents (Safety Data Sheets, exposure records, medical information, accident reports, investigative reports) from attorneys/representatives of employees or the estates of deceased employees.
• Assisting with federal and state compliance requirements with regard to production of documents and information to third parties.

Workplace Environmental Testing and Monitoring

• Overseeing workplace environmental testing for asbestos, silica, mold, and other airborne contaminants/potentially toxic substances.
• Evaluation for process safety management (ammonia) compliance.
• Assisting in responding to workplace complaints of occupational exposure to contaminants.