Thursday, March 15, 2018

Noon - 1:00 p.m.

 

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200

Denver, CO 80202

 

Cost:

$10.00- Section Member

$15.00- Non Section Member

$5.00- Call In

Students- FREE

 

 

OSHA PRIMER

This primer provides a description of the fundamentals of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Commission) in the adjudication of disputes. The session will cover the statutes and regulations involved in OSHA practice, OSHA enforcement of the regulations and standards promulgated pursuant to the OSH Act, the role of the Commission and the appellate courts, and the practice before those tribunals.

 

The panel will address developments on OSHAs enforcement programs and initiatives, including egregious cases, enforcement of novel hazards, monitoring corporate settlements, the new record keeping data initiative and potential issues arising during inspections and the severe violator program.

 

The panel will discuss legal issues which may arise during OSHA inspections and how companies are selected for inspection. Among the topics to be discussed will be walk around rights, employee and management interviews, warrants and subpoenas, multiple agency jurisdiction, post-inspection/pre-citation discovery and use of expert witnesses.

 

The panel will discuss the types of citations which OSHA may issue and the penalty maximums associated with citation classification.

 

Finally, the panel will touch on issues involving the multi-employer doctrine.

 

 

 

Panelists

Judge Patrick B. Augustine, First Judge – Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission – Denver Region

 

Jennifer Casey, Senior Trial Attorney – Office of the Solicitor of Labor –Denver Region (the legal office representing the Secretary of Labor)

 

Patrick Miller, Member of Sherman and Howard and Member in Sherman and Howard’s Labor and Employment Department – representing the Employer’s position in OSHA litigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Applied for one (1) GENERAL CLE credit

 

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Call 303-860-1115 x727 or email [email protected].