OSHA ordered to pay company’s attorney fees for appeal of fine
How did a company successfully appeal a safety citation and get an administrative law judge (ALJ) to order OSHA to pay the employer’s attorney fees?
How did a company successfully appeal a safety citation and get an administrative law judge (ALJ) to order OSHA to pay the employer’s attorney fees?
In a series of heat illness-related cases involving the United States Postal Service (USPS), OSHA successfully established extreme heat as a workplace hazard but failed to propose feasible abatement methods. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) upheld an administrative law judge’s decisions to vacate citations in four of the five cases. The fifth […]
What happens when a company doesn’t pay OSHA fines? It ends up in federal court.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act allows OSHA to issue higher fines when a company has been cited previously for a similar penalty. A recent case defines when the agency can and can’t use that tactic.
Walmart’s “standard in the industry” material storage racks did not meet federal OSHA requirements, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). In its decision regarding an incident that saw materials fall from a rack and injure a warehouse worker, the OSHRC found the agency properly cited Walmart for failing to secure items […]
Peer pressure can be a double-edged sword when it comes to safety: It can help convince workers to do the right thing, or it can push them to take unnecessary risks.
It’s not uncommon for a company to get a reduction in the amount of its OSHA fine on appeal. In this case, OSHA prevailed and got a fine increased.
Calling the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) ruling “illogical,” SeaWorld Orlando has appealed a decision that bars trainers from being in the water with killer whales during performances.
No more appeals of the OSHA fines against SeaWorld. This means OSHA’s use of the General Duty Clause (GDC) in this case stands.
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