On June 18, 2019, Kate McMahon, Micah Smith, Dan Deacon, and Beeta Lashkari of Conn Maciel Carey‘s national OSHA Practice presented a webinar regarding the “Fate of Various Obama-era OSHA Rules.”
In the final days (and even hours) of the Obama Administration, OSHA promulgated several significant regulatory changes. For example, after several decades, it updated the Walking Working Surfaces Standard (the regulation covering slips, trips and falls). It also published a controversial Electronic Injury Data Submission Rule, two new occupational health exposure standards for silica and beryllium, and brought the U.S. Hazard Communication Standard (the chemical right-to-know regulation) more in line with the United Nation’s Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. To name a few.
But, as a new administration took the reigns at the Department of Labor, many wondered what would be the fate of these “midnight rules”? While many agency regulations have been subject to additional rulemaking (or even rule-rescinding), as expected given Pres. Trump’s promise for deregulation, others have remained untouched. This webinar will review the status of these OSHA Rules and where they may be headed.
Participants in this webinar learned about:
- Changes made to the Walking Working Surfaces Standard, E-Recordkeeping Rule, Silica and Beryllium Standards, Hazard Communication Standard, and other rules during the Obama Administration
- How these Obama-era OSHA Rules have already changed (if at all) under the Trump Admin., and what future changes we may expect
- What to do to avoid OSHA citations during a time of flux
We are pleased to share these links to a copy of the slides and a recording of the June 18th webinar. Let us know if you have questions about OSHA’s regulatory and rulemaking landscape or any other OSH law issues. We would love to be a resource for you.
The June webinar was the 6th webinar event in Conn Maciel Carey’s 2019 OSHA Webinar Series. Click here to view our full schedule, detailed program descriptions, and individual registration pages for the remaining webinars in the 2019 OSHA Webinar Series. To register for all of the remaining programs in the 2019 series, click here to send an email request, and we will get you automatically registered.
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