In this episode of our Workplace Safety in California series, Kevin Bland and Karen Tynan discuss the current state of workplace safety and health during the COVID-19 pandemic, including how to approach remote inspections, telephonic settlement conferences, personal protective equipment, and the hierarchy of controls.
In this podcast, Frank Davis and John Surma, members of Ogletree Deakins’ Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group, discuss limitations on and best practices for employee drug testing policies throughout the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Region 6. Frank and John offer insights related to the timing of drug testing, including in post-accident situations. They also discuss the interaction of federal and state law and OSHA’s 2016 standard interpretation that broadly addressed post-accident drug testing.
In this episode of the Global Solutions series, Andre Appel and Carson Burnham discuss the use of redundancies by employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including short-time programs and government programs to avoid mass terminations.
In this episode of the Workplace Safety in California series, Kevin Bland and Karen Tynan discuss serious accidents and fatalities in the workplace. Topics include how Cal/OSHA defines “serious injury,” key reporting requirements, best practices for handling inspections and evidence, and top risks and exposure.
