Category: Safety and Regulation Compliance

It was the night before…a federal government shutdown. Earlier this week, it looked like Congress had wrapped up its government funding bill in a neat little package. But lawmakers grew cold and a little nervous about the bill's post-holiday credit card bill and shelved the bill. Than that Buzz For publication, Republican leaders in the… Continue reading Beltway Buzz – December 2024 #2 | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) – The second work-related death of a City of Albany employee has continued to raise several questions about more than just the city's safety protocols. On December 18, Sebastian Dykes Jr. died after a moat wall collapsed on him. Two days later, the city of Albany announced it would conduct an internal… Continue reading Why OSHA isn't investigating the death of a City of Albany employee

The US Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) wants Amazon companies to take on the lead work in ergonomics reform. The e-commerce giant reached a settlement with OSHA related to various safety-related allegations the agency made against the company and has been fighting a legal battle since 2022. Those allegations alleged that the company placed… Continue reading Amazon and OSHA agree to improve housing ergonomics nationwide

HD Hyundai Construction Equipment North AmericaNorcross, Georgia is located in Proctor, Minn. added Hayden Murphy Equipment Co. to its dealer network. The location will serve as a full-line retailer for northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. Founded in 1957, Hayden-Murphy sells, rents and services cranes, compaction and road construction equipment. KOBELCO construction machinery USAKaty, Texas, added… Continue reading HD Hyundai construction equipment; KOBELCO – Rental Management Media Group

Joe Biden's last-minute pardons have been nothing short of scandalous—and his son Hunter's pardon wasn't even the worst. Biden's pardons are terrible on their own, but taken together they illustrate a larger point. Pardons apply to individual cases; Pardons are not for policymaking. First of all, holy crap, some of these pardons are insane, including… Continue reading Hunter’s pardon is bad, but Biden’s “meritorious” clemency is worse

Justice is returning to Social Security for millions of retired firefighters, police officers, teachers and other public employees. By a vote of 76 to 20, the US Senate passed the Social Security Fairness Act – a bipartisan bill to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) – early Saturday morning.… Continue reading Senate passes Social Security Fairness Act and sends WEP/GPO repeal to White House

Amazon will also monitor the effectiveness of its ergonomics program by monitoring compliance across its locations. Photo credit: bluestork/Shutterstock. The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that a company-wide settlement has been reached between Amazon and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) aimed at protecting employees from serious musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), including lower back… Continue reading Amazon settles with OSHA on workplace safety and ergonomic risks

The year 2023 was the warmest year in history. Cities across the United States broke records for consecutive days of extreme heat. These conditions forced risk managers to reevaluate heat protection protocols for their workforce. Several state OSHAs, including California, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, and Colorado, have updated their heat-related prevention guidelines, and federal OSHA is… Continue reading How risk managers and employers can keep workers safe as temperatures rise | Chartwell Law

The EPA recently announced a proposed regulation to tighten limits on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from most new, modified and converted fossil fuel stationary combustion turbines. If passed, the regulation will “ensure that new turbines built at power plants or industrial facilities – especially large ones that could operate for decades – are among the… Continue reading EPA proposes stricter NOx standards for stationary combustion sources