Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

Indispensable coverage for anyone responsible for the health and safety of employees, and those who represent injured employees.
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Indispensable coverage for anyone responsible for the health and safety of employees, and those who represent injured employees.
  • Tips on approaching OSHA cases
  • Legislative history
  • OSHA jurisdiction over employers
  • Employer defenses to OSHA enforcement
  • What to expect from an OSHA inspection
  • General regulations
  • Mining standards
  • Public Contract Act standards
  • Longshore safety standards
  • Construction regulations
  • OSHA in private litigation
  • Guide to state OSHA regulations

    First published in 1977.5 Volumes in Full set.

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    Hament, John M.
    Roger Kaplan

    Hament, John M.

    John M. Hament is a partner in the law firm of Kunkel Miller & Hament, resident in the Firm's office in Sarasota, Florida. He counsels and represents employers throughout the country in labor relations and employment law matters, with particular emphasis in the area of Occupational Safety and Health Law. Mr. Hament's and the Firm's practice also includes federal and state discrimination law, collective bargaining negotiations, arbitration, union organizing campaigns, unfair labor practices, strikes, union avoidance, EEO, personnel policies development, administrative and court proceedings, wage and hour law and defense of wrongful termination claims. The law firm has particular expertise in employee leasing/PEOs, health care and education employment law.

    Mr. Hament has extensive experience in OSHA standards compliance, as well as management's rights and obligations during OSHA worksite inspections. He represents the interests of management when citations are issued, including informal conferences, formal evidentiary hearings and administrative and judicial appeals. He has participated in OSHA rule-making proceedings and conducted numerous OSHA seminars and instructional sessions.

    Mr. Hament received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Johns Hopkins University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He is a member of the Florida Bar and Maryland Bar, and the Labor and Employment Law Sections of the Florida Bar and the American Bar Association.

    Mr. Hament has authored or co-authored numerous articles on labor and employment law and is a frequent lecturer at labor relations seminars and trade association forums. He has also appeared before state legislative committees as an expert witness on labor relations matters. Mr. Hament has served as a contributing author to four treatises published by Matthew Bender & Co., (N.Y.): Occupational Safety and Health Act; Employer Rights and Obligations Under The Occupational Safety and Health Act; National Labor Relations Act: Law & Practice; and Employment Law Deskbook. He is also the co-author of Maryland Handbook on Labor and Employment Law, which was published by the Maryland Chamber of Commerce.

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    Roger Kaplan

    Roger S. Kaplan is a Partner in the Long Island office of Jackson Lewis LLP. He has represented clients and appeared before executive departments and administrative agencies, such as the United States Department of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. On behalf of a client association, he participated in negotiations with OSHA's national office concerning implementation of a crane safety standard. He also has appeared before many federal and state courts, including the United States Supreme Court. As leader of the Drug Testing and Substance Abuse Management Practice Group, Mr. Kaplan has worked with many employers to help assure that their drug and abuse testing policies and procedures comply with the state and federal laws and to develop effective testing strategies. Mr. Kaplan also is active in the Firm's OSHA practice.

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    Table of contents

      VOLUME 1
 



     
     CHAPTER 1  Preface to the Occupational Safety and Health Act


     
     CHAPTER 2  Legislative History
 

     
     CHAPTER 3  OSHA Jurisdiction Over Employers


     
     CHAPTER 4  Employer Defenses To OSHA Enforcement


     
     CHAPTER 5  What to Expect from an OSHA Inspection


     
     CHAPTER 6  The General Regulations
 



     
     VOLUME 2
 



     
     CHAPTER 7  Mining Standards


     
     CHAPTER 8  Public Contract Act Standards


     
     CHAPTER 9  Longshore Safety Standards


     
     CHAPTER 10  Construction Regulations Generally


     
     CHAPTER 10A  Occupational Health and Environmental Controls Relating to Construction


     
     CHAPTER 10B  Construction Regulations Relating to Personal Protective Equipment


     
     CHAPTER 10C  Construction Regulations Relating to Fire Protection and Prevention


     
     CHAPTER 10D  Construction Regulations Relating to Signs, Signals and Barricades
 

     
     CHAPTER 10E  Construction Regulations Governing Materials Handling, Storage, Use and Disposal


     
     CHAPTER 10F  Construction Regulations Relating to Tools--Hand and Power


     
     CHAPTER 10G  Construction Regulations Relating to Welding and Cutting


     
     CHAPTER 10H  Construction Regulations Relating to Electricity and Power Transmission


     
     CHAPTER 10I  Construction Regulations Relating to Scaffolding, Fall Protection, and Stairways and Ladders


     
     CHAPTER 10J  Construction Regulations Relating to Cranes and Derricks


     
     CHAPTER 10K  Construction Regulations Relating to Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment and Marine Operations
 



     
     VOLUME 3
 



     
     CHAPTER 10L  Construction Regulations Relating to Excavations, Trenching and Shoring


     
     CHAPTER 10M  Regulations Governing Concrete and Masonry Construction


     
     CHAPTER 10N  Construction Regulations Relating to Steel Erection


     
     CHAPTER 10O  Regulations Governing Underground Construction, Caissons, Cofferdams and Compressed Air


     
     CHAPTER 10P  Regulations Governing Demolition and Blasting


     
     CHAPTER 10Q  Construction Regulations Relating to Rollover Protection Structures; Overhead Protection


     
     CHAPTER 10R  Construction Regulations Relating to Commercial Diving


     
     CHAPTER 10S  Construction Regulations Relating to Toxic and Hazardous Substances


     
     CHAPTER 11  OSHA Enforcement


     
     CHAPTER 12  The Use of OSHA in Private Litigation


     
     CHAPTER 13  Miscellaneous Provisions


     
     CHAPTER 14  Employee Discrimination


     
     CHAPTER 15  Record-Keeping and Reporting Requirements
 

     
     CHAPTER 16  Regulation of Chemicals


     
     CHAPTER 17  The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard


     
     CHAPTER 18  Ergonomics Program Standard
 

     
     CHAPTER 19  Indoor Air Quality
 

     
     CHAPTER 20  Attorneys' Fees


     
     CHAPTER 21-29  RESERVED


     
     CHAPTER 30  State OSHA Programs and OSHA-Type State Laws
 



     
     VOLUME 4
 



     
     
    The appendices listed in Volume 4 correspond with the chapters found in Volumes 1 and 2. 


     
     Appendix 5:  OSHA Response to Significant Events of Potentially Catastrophic Consequence


     
     Appendix 5.1:  Inspections, Citations And Proposed Penalties


     
     Appendix 6:  The General Regulations


     
     Appendix 10A:  Occupational Health and Environmental Controls Relating to Construction


     
     Appendix 10I:  Construction Regulations Relating to Scaffolding, Fall Protection, and Stairways and Ladders


     
     Appendix 10N:  Steel Erection


     
     Appendix 11:  Occupational Safety and Health Act and OSHAC Rules of Procedure


     
     Appendix 12:  OSHA in Private Litigation


     
     Appendix 13:  RESERVED


     
     Appendix 14:  Employee Discrimination


     
     Appendix 15:  Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses


     
     Appendix 16:  Regulation of Chemicals
 



     
     
     VOLUME 5
 



     
     
    The appendices listed in Volume 5 correspond with the chapters found in Volume 3. 
 

     
     Appendix 17:  The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard Regulatory Appendix


     
     Appendix 18:   OSHA Ergonomics Materials and Guidelines


     
     Appendix 19:  Indoor Air Quality


     
     Appendix 20  OSHA Guidance Update on Protecting Employees from Avian Flu (Avian Influenza) Viruses


     
     Appendix 30:  State OSHA Programs and OSHA-Type State Laws


     
     Table of Cases

      
     
     Index

      
     

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