August 19, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 5
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On July 29, 2019, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) published a Program Policy Letter (“PPL”) and request for comments in the Federal Register. (84 Fed. Reg. 36623). It is important to note that this letter was intended as interpretive guidance to existing policy and not a…
June 20, 2019
Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that Karl F. Kumli has joined the firm’s Workplace Safety and Health practice group as an Associate in the Denver, Colorado office. Prior to joining Jackson Kelly PLLC, Karl was Regulatory Compliance Counsel with Triumvirate Environmental with a focus on Regulatory, Administrative, and Labor and Employment matters.
Karl received his law…
June 14, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 4
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
After years of back and forth, public hearings, stakeholder meetings, and anxiety over the requirements of 30 C.F.R. §§ 56/57.18002, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down MSHA’s currently enforced 2018 Workplace Examination Rule on June 11, 2019, in a challenge brought by…
May 27, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 3
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2019 semi-annual regulatory agenda for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) on May 22, 2019.
In the Pre-Rule Stage for MSHA:
May 27, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 2
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released its Spring 2019 semi-annual regulatory agenda for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) on May 22, 2019.
Included in the agenda is the issuance of OSHA’s final rule in the Standards Improvement Project IV revising 14…
April 21, 2019
Laura E. Beverage, Esq. will be presenting "Update on Agent Liability Under Section 110(c) of the Mine Act" at the 2019 New Mexico Mine Health & Safety Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, May 9, 2019.
Laura established the Firm’s Denver, Colorado office in 1993 and represents general industry, construction, and mining clients on compliance issues, policy, legislative,…
April 18, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 1
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Soon after his confirmation, David Zatezalo, the Assistant Secretary of Labor, MSHA, began laying out his vision for MSHA under his leadership. A key aspect of his vision is “One MSHA,” a mission to eliminate the historical separation within MSHA between metal/nonmetal mines and coal mines. In…
December 11, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 16
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
As 2018 comes to a close and we look to the start of a new year, many Americans are thinking about their New Year’s resolutions. The top resolution among mine operators should be to push for meaningful agency reform within the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”). With the current…
October 16, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 15
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its quarterly stakeholders’ call. After the introductory remarks from MSHA’s Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health David G. Zatezalo, the call focused on updates regarding safety education and…
October 11, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 14
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
In May 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a rule that amended 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35 and added a provision prohibiting employers from retaliating against employers for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses. See 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35(b)(1)(iv). In the…
July 30, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 13
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On Monday, July 30, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to revise the Tracking of Workplace Injury and Illness rule. The proposed rule rescinds the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to…
June 24, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 12
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
July 1, 2018, is the deadline for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness records to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”). The July deadline requires that certain employers electronically submit their 2017 300A injury and illness logs.
Previously, OSHA…
August 19, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 5
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On July 29, 2019, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) published a Program Policy Letter (“PPL”) and request for comments in the Federal Register. (84 Fed. Reg. 36623). It is important to note that this letter was intended as interpretive guidance to existing policy and not a…
June 20, 2019
Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that Karl F. Kumli has joined the firm’s Workplace Safety and Health practice group as an Associate in the Denver, Colorado office. Prior to joining Jackson Kelly PLLC, Karl was Regulatory Compliance Counsel with Triumvirate Environmental with a focus on Regulatory, Administrative, and Labor and Employment matters.
Karl received his law…
June 14, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 4
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
After years of back and forth, public hearings, stakeholder meetings, and anxiety over the requirements of 30 C.F.R. §§ 56/57.18002, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down MSHA’s currently enforced 2018 Workplace Examination Rule on June 11, 2019, in a challenge brought by…
May 27, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 3
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Spring 2019 semi-annual regulatory agenda for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) on May 22, 2019.
In the Pre-Rule Stage for MSHA:
May 27, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 2
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released its Spring 2019 semi-annual regulatory agenda for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) on May 22, 2019.
Included in the agenda is the issuance of OSHA’s final rule in the Standards Improvement Project IV revising 14…
April 21, 2019
Laura E. Beverage, Esq. will be presenting "Update on Agent Liability Under Section 110(c) of the Mine Act" at the 2019 New Mexico Mine Health & Safety Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday, May 9, 2019.
Laura established the Firm’s Denver, Colorado office in 1993 and represents general industry, construction, and mining clients on compliance issues, policy, legislative,…
April 18, 2019
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 15, Number 1
©2019 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Soon after his confirmation, David Zatezalo, the Assistant Secretary of Labor, MSHA, began laying out his vision for MSHA under his leadership. A key aspect of his vision is “One MSHA,” a mission to eliminate the historical separation within MSHA between metal/nonmetal mines and coal mines. In…
December 11, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 16
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
As 2018 comes to a close and we look to the start of a new year, many Americans are thinking about their New Year’s resolutions. The top resolution among mine operators should be to push for meaningful agency reform within the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”). With the current…
October 16, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 15
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its quarterly stakeholders’ call. After the introductory remarks from MSHA’s Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health David G. Zatezalo, the call focused on updates regarding safety education and…
October 11, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 14
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
In May 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a rule that amended 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35 and added a provision prohibiting employers from retaliating against employers for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses. See 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35(b)(1)(iv). In the…
July 30, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 13
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On Monday, July 30, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to revise the Tracking of Workplace Injury and Illness rule. The proposed rule rescinds the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to…
June 24, 2018
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 14, Number 12
©2018 Jackson Kelly PLLC
July 1, 2018, is the deadline for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness records to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”). The July deadline requires that certain employers electronically submit their 2017 300A injury and illness logs.
Previously, OSHA…
