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Meatpacking company settles COVID-19 workplace allegations
A national meatpacking company with a facility in Green Bay has agreed to pay about $15,000 to settle allegations of unsafe practices during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic sickened and killed Wisconsin workers.
Manufacturers sue over federal vaccine mandates for workers
Two Wisconsin manufacturers are among those suing to block the Biden administration from instituting COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private-sector workers.
Provisions of OSHA electronic reporting rule pushed back
Officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration say they plan to push back the enforcement date of certain parts of a new rule requiring employers to electronically submit records of workplace injuries and illnesses.
New OSHA reporting rule also impacts drug-testing policies
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek recently published a special report regarding a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule that will increase employers' reporting requirements for workplace illnesses and injuries.
OSHA to increase penalties Aug. 1
Contractors and other businesses have a month to brace themselves for a federal rule that will jack OSHA penalty amounts up by 78 percent.
OSHA rule on injury reporting creates new obligations for employers
On May 12, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a final rule requiring certain employers to electronically submit workplace injury and illness information to OSHA and requiring all employers to adopt procedures to encourage employee reporting.
Ashley Furniture to pay $1.75M to settle safety citations
Wisconsin-based Ashley Furniture has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle alleged safety violations at four of its plants, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday.
New OSHA silica rules set to fall heavily on contractors
By Buck Sweeney and Micheal Hahn Axley Brynelson, LLP The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is in the final stages of drafting new rules regarding employee exposure to silica in the workplace. The proposed rule, which was first brought up almost three years ago, would set a uniform standard for exposure to the respirable silica […]
OSHA penalties set to skyrocket: Are you in compliance?
For 25 years, the maximum penalty amounts for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act have remained frozen. A thaw is about to set in — and quick.
Court rules in favor of former tire plant workers
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has affirmed a state Court of Appeals ruling finding that the relatives of employees who had died while working at a Eau Claire tire plant could file wrongful-death and survival claims.
Elevator company loses appeal after 5-year fight
More than five years of litigation and a failed appeal have left Otis Elevator Co. with a $500 fine and a stained safety record stemming from a repairman’s injury at a Brookfield department store.
Be aware of what’s on OSHA’s radar
An unfortunate side effect of the improved economy and rise in work has been a noted increase in fatality and injury rates in the construction industry, according to David Michaels with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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