December 5, 2017
On National Miners Day, Jackson Kelly PLLC recognizes and celebrates all of the men and women who work in America’s mines and for all that they do to maximize our natural resources and make our modern life possible. Miners are at work in every state, extracting coal, gold, salt, limestone, granite, copper, iron, zinc, gravel, and dozens of other essential stones and minerals. They supply the raw…
November 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 24
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On November 13, 2017, the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) published a final rule that expands the DOT’s current drug testing panel to include certain semi-synthetic opioids (i.e., hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone). DOT drug testing regulations, which apply to all modes…
November 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 25
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) delayed the compliance date for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness data until December 15, 2017. OSHA finalized the regulation last year, which set forth new requirements for certain employers to electronically…
November 9, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 23
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Metal/non-metal operators are reminded that the deadline for submitting comments in response to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) Proposed Amendments to the Final Rule on Workplace Examinations is Monday, November 13, 2017.
The Final Rule, which seeks to significantly alter the…
October 16, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 22
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
By December 17, 2017, employers with drivers who comply with hours of service rules must install Electronic Logging Devices (“ELD”) into vehicles. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (“FMCSA”) new Electronic Logging Device Rule requires carriers and drivers who track hours of…
October 3, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 21
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
According to documents currently available for public inspection, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will extend the effective date of the Final Rule on Workplace Examinations for metal/non-metal mines to June 2, 2018. The Workplace Examination standard that existed prior to…
September 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 20
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions has scheduled the nomination hearing for David G. Zatezalo to become the next Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT). Prior to his retirement as…
September 24, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 19
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Metal/non-metal operators are reminded that that deadline for submitting comments in response to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) proposed extension of the effective date for the Workplace Examination standard is Tuesday, September 26, 2017. MSHA has proposed extending the…
September 21, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 18
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
As we previously reported this week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) is moving forward on the September 23, 2017 enforcement date for the Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1153. We outlined the requirements of the standard earlier…
September 18, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 17
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On September 23, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) will begin enforcing its silica standard in the construction industry. The standard requires employers to limit worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica and take other steps to protect workers.
The standard…
September 10, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 16
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) made available for public viewing, two proposed rules related to workplace examinations in metal/nonmetal mines. Both proposed rules are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow.
The first proposed rule amends the Final…
September 7, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 15
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On September 12, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will publish two proposed rules in the Federal Register to amend the Agency’s Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines final rule (82 Fed. Reg. 7680). Both proposed rules will be available for viewing on…
December 5, 2017
On National Miners Day, Jackson Kelly PLLC recognizes and celebrates all of the men and women who work in America’s mines and for all that they do to maximize our natural resources and make our modern life possible. Miners are at work in every state, extracting coal, gold, salt, limestone, granite, copper, iron, zinc, gravel, and dozens of other essential stones and minerals. They supply the raw…
November 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 24
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On November 13, 2017, the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) published a final rule that expands the DOT’s current drug testing panel to include certain semi-synthetic opioids (i.e., hydrocodone, oxycodone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone). DOT drug testing regulations, which apply to all modes…
November 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 25
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) delayed the compliance date for employers to electronically submit their injury and illness data until December 15, 2017. OSHA finalized the regulation last year, which set forth new requirements for certain employers to electronically…
November 9, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 23
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Metal/non-metal operators are reminded that the deadline for submitting comments in response to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) Proposed Amendments to the Final Rule on Workplace Examinations is Monday, November 13, 2017.
The Final Rule, which seeks to significantly alter the…
October 16, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 22
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
By December 17, 2017, employers with drivers who comply with hours of service rules must install Electronic Logging Devices (“ELD”) into vehicles. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (“FMCSA”) new Electronic Logging Device Rule requires carriers and drivers who track hours of…
October 3, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 21
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
According to documents currently available for public inspection, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will extend the effective date of the Final Rule on Workplace Examinations for metal/non-metal mines to June 2, 2018. The Workplace Examination standard that existed prior to…
September 26, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 20
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions has scheduled the nomination hearing for David G. Zatezalo to become the next Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT). Prior to his retirement as…
September 24, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 19
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Metal/non-metal operators are reminded that that deadline for submitting comments in response to the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) proposed extension of the effective date for the Workplace Examination standard is Tuesday, September 26, 2017. MSHA has proposed extending the…
September 21, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 18
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
As we previously reported this week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) is moving forward on the September 23, 2017 enforcement date for the Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1153. We outlined the requirements of the standard earlier…
September 18, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 17
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On September 23, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) will begin enforcing its silica standard in the construction industry. The standard requires employers to limit worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica and take other steps to protect workers.
The standard…
September 10, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 16
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
Today, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) made available for public viewing, two proposed rules related to workplace examinations in metal/nonmetal mines. Both proposed rules are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow.
The first proposed rule amends the Final…
September 7, 2017
For clients and friends of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Volume 13, Number 15
©2017 Jackson Kelly PLLC
On September 12, 2017, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) will publish two proposed rules in the Federal Register to amend the Agency’s Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines final rule (82 Fed. Reg. 7680). Both proposed rules will be available for viewing on…
