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.
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…
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:
A request for information (“RFI”) on respirable Crystalline Silica to both the coal and…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
On May 31, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) held its final in-person Stakeholder Meeting regarding the new Examinations of Working Places rule for Metal/Nonmetal Mine Operators in Denver, Colorado. The new rule is effective tomorrow, June 2, 2018. MSHA personnel from…