Melissa A. Bailey, Matthew C. Cooper, Frank D. Davis

Occupational Safety and Health Law Handbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in its third edition, this popular Handbook has been your go-to guide to the fundamentals of occupational safety and health law for over a decade. This new edition provides an authoritative and up-to-date reference that you count on for its reliable information and straightforward explanation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bernan Press
• Third Edition
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9781598886788
• ISBN-10: 1598886789
• Artikelnr.: 44940969

Autorenporträt

By Melissa A. Bailey; Matthew C. Cooper; Frank D. Davis; William K. Doran; John B. Flood; Margaret S. Lopez; John F. Martin; Marshall Lee Miller; Gwendolyn K. Nightengale; Shontell Powell; Phillip B. Russell; Arthur G. Sapper; Kenneth B. Siepman; Zachary

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Occupational Safety and Health Act
........................................1 1.0 Overview
.............................................................................................1
1.1 Comparison of OSHA and EPA
..............................................2 1.2 OSHA, the Organization
...........................................................2 2.0
Legislative Framework
.......................................................................3
2.1 Purpose of the Act
.....................................................................3 2.2
Coverage of the Act
...................................................................4 2.3
Exemptions from the Act
..........................................................5 2.4
Telecommuting and Home Workplaces ..................................6 3.0
Scope of OSHA Standards
...............................................................6 3.1 Areas
Covered by the OSHA Standards .................................7 3.2
Overview of Standards
..............................................................8 3.3
Overview of Health Standards
.................................................8 3.4 Overview of Safety
Standards ..................................................9 4.0 Standard
Setting
................................................................................10
4.1 Consensus Standards: Section 6(a)
.........................................10 4.2 Standards Completion and
Deletion Processes ...................12 4.3 Permanent Standards: Section
6(b) ........................................12 4.4 Emergency Temporary
Standards ..........................................14 4.5 General Duty
Clause, 5(a)(1) ...................................................15 4.6
Feasibility and the Balancing Debate ....................................15
5.0 Variances
............................................................................................18
5.1 Temporary Variances.
...............................................................18 5.2
Permanent Variances
................................................................19 6.0
Compliance and Inspections
..........................................................19 6.1 Field
Structure
...........................................................................19
6.2 Role of Inspections
..................................................................19 6.3
Training and Competence of Inspectors ..............................20 6.4
Citations, Fines, and Penalties
.................................................20 6.5 OSHA Citation and
Penalty Patterns ....................................21 6.6 Communicating
and Enforcing Company Rules .................22 6.7 Warrantless
Inspections: The Barlow Case ...........................23 7.0
Recordkeeping
..................................................................................23
7.1 Accident Reports
......................................................................24
7.2 Monitoring and Medical Records
...........................................24 7.3 Hazard Communication
..........................................................25 7.4 Access to
Records
....................................................................25 7.5
Programmatic Standards
..........................................................26 8.0 Refusal to
Work and Whistle-blowing ..........................................26 8.1
Refusal to Work
.........................................................................26
8.2 Protection of Whistle-blowing
...............................................27 9.0 Federal and State
Employees ..........................................................28 9.1
Federal Agencies
.......................................................................28
9.2 State Employees
........................................................................29
10.0 State OSHA Programs
..................................................................29 10.1
Concept
....................................................................................29
10.2 Critiques
...................................................................................30
11.0 Consultation
...................................................................................31
11.1 Education
.................................................................................31
11.2 Alliances
...................................................................................32
12.0 Overlapping Jurisdiction
...............................................................32 13.0
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission ............33 13.1 OSHRC
Appeal Process ........................................................34
13.2 Limitations of the Commission
...........................................34 14.0 National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health ...........35 14.1 In Theory
.................................................................................35
14.2 In Practice
................................................................................35
15.0 Hazard Communication Regulations
..........................................36 15.1 Reason for the Regulation
.....................................................36 15.2 Scope and
Components ........................................................37 15.3
Hazard Evaluation
..................................................................38 15.4
Trade Secrets
...........................................................................39
15.5 Federal Preemption Controversy
.........................................40 16.0 Ergonomics Issues
.........................................................................42
16.1 Background
.............................................................................42
16.2 Scope of the Problem
...........................................................42 16.3 Scope of
the Standard ...........................................................43
17.0 Legislation
.......................................................................................44
Notes
........................................................................................................45
The Rulemaking Process
...........................................................53 1.0 Overview
...........................................................................................53
2.0 The Rulemaking Process
.................................................................54 2.1
Petitions for Rulemaking
.........................................................54 2.2 National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ......55 2.3 Advisory
Committees ..............................................................55
2.4 Regulatory Agenda
....................................................................56 2.5
Request for Information and Advanced Notice of Rulemaking
.................57 2.6 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
............................................57 2.7 Hearings
.....................................................................................58
2.8 The Final Rule
...........................................................................58
3.0 Negotiated Rulemaking
...................................................................59 4.0
Other Applicable Statutes Concerning Rulemaking ...................59 5.0
Delays in Rulemaking
......................................................................60
6.0 Emergency Temporary Standards
.................................................61 7.0 Variances
............................................................................................62
7.1 Temporary Variance
.................................................................62 7.2
Permanent Variance
.................................................................63 7.3
Interim Order
............................................................................64
8.0 State Law Standards/Jurisdiction
..................................................64 9.0 Judicial Review
.................................................................................65
Notes
........................................................................................................65
The Duty to Comply with Standards
.........................................69 1.0 Overview
...........................................................................................69
2.0 Applicability of OSHA Standards
.................................................69 2.1 The General
Principle of Preemption ..................................69 2.2 Special
Applicability Problems ...............................................70
3.0 General Principles of the Duty to Comply
..................................71 3.1 The Exposure Rule
..................................................................71 3.2 To
Whose Employee Does the Duty Run? ..........................72 3.2.1 The
Multi-Employer Worksite Liability Rules ...................72 4.0 Actual or
Constructive Knowledge ...............................................74
5.0 Additional Elements That OSHA Must Sometimes Prove .......75 6.0 The
Employer's Substantive Affirmative Defenses ....................76 6.1
Infeasibility
.................................................................................76
6.2 The Greater Hazard Defense
.................................................77 6.3 Unpreventable
Employee Misconduct ..................................78 6.4 Invalidity of
the Standard .......................................................79 6.5
De Minimis
................................................................................80
Notes
........................................................................................................80
The General Duty Clause
..........................................................89 1.0 Overview
...........................................................................................89
2.0 Who Is Protected by the General Duty Clause?
.........................91 3.0 The Existence of a Hazard
............................................................93 4.0
Recognized Hazard
..........................................................................94
4.1 Industry Recognition
................................................................94 4.2
Employer Recognition
.............................................................95 4.3 Obvious
Hazard Recognition .................................................96 5.0
Causing or Likely to Cause Death or Serious Physical Harm ...97 6.0
Feasible Measures to Correct the Hazard
....................................98 7.0 Practical Enforcement of the
General Duty Clause ................100 8.0 Conclusion
......................................................................................101
Notes
......................................................................................................102
Recordkeeping
........................................................................104
1.0 Overview
.........................................................................................104
2.0 Statutory Authority
........................................................................105
3.0 Injury and Illness Recordkeeping
................................................106 3.1 History of the
Recordkeeping Requirements ....................106 3.2 OSHA's Authority for
Requiring Employers to Keep Records ............106 3.3 Identifying
Injuries and Illnesses that Must be Recorded .107 3.4 Special Cases
............................................................................123
3.5 Recordkeeping Forms and Retention Periods ...................127 3.6
Employee Involvement and Access to Records .................128 3.7 Privacy
Cases
...........................................................................129
3.8 Reporting Injuries and Fatalities
..........................................129 3.9 Exemptions from
Recordkeeping Requirements ..............131 4.0 OSHA Standards Requiring
Written Documents .....................131 4.1 Safety Standard
Recordkeeping Requirements ...................132 4.2 The Health Standards
............................................................134 4.3 Hazard
Communication and Bloodborne Pathogens .......136 4.4 The Access to
Employee Exposure and Medical Records Standard ..............138 5.0 Using
Records to Prove Compliance ..........................................140
Employees' and Employers' Rights
........................................152 1.0 Introduction
....................................................................................152
2.0 What Are the Employer's Rights in This Scenario? ..................158
Refusal to Work and Whistleblower Protection .....................165 1.0
Overview
.........................................................................................165
Hazard Communication: Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System in
the 21st Century ................................183 1.0 Overview
.........................................................................................183
2.0 The Hazard Communication Standard and Push Toward Global Harmonization
........185 2.1 ..The Hazard Communication Standard
..............................185 3.2 Key Requirements
..................................................................189 3.3
Implementation of RCHS
.....................................................195 4.0 Conclusion
......................................................................................197
Voluntary Safety and Health Self-Audits ...............................204
1.0 Overview
.........................................................................................204
2.0 The Significance of Voluntary Safety and Health Auditing ....205 2.1
Overview of Audits
................................................................205 2.2
Auditing Tips
...........................................................................207
3.0 OSHA's Voluntary Self-Audit Policy
...........................................209 3.1 Purpose
....................................................................................209
3.2 Scope
........................................................................................209
3.3 Provisions
.................................................................................210
3.4 Limitations
...............................................................................211
3.5 Critique
.....................................................................................212
4.0 Privileges and Protections from Disclosure of Audit Information
................213 4.1 Introduction
............................................................................213
4.2 The Self-Audit Privilege
........................................................213 4.3 The
Attorney/Client Privilege ..............................................216
4.4 Attorney Work Product Doctrine
........................................217 5.0 Conclusion
......................................................................................218
Inspections and Investigations
...............................................220 Understanding and
Contesting OSHA Citations ...................237 Criminal Enforcement of
Violations .......................................257 1.0 Overview
.........................................................................................257
//Note that the footnotes are not automatically renumbering and need to be
paired with the text// ..............................................258
2.0 Willful Violations Causing Death to Employee .................258 3.0
Federal Prosecution
.......................................................................259
4..0 False Statements and Advance Notice ...............................261
6.0 State Enforcement
.........................................................................263
7.0 Prosecution under Environmental Statutes
...............................264 8.0 Legislative Proposals and Prospects
............................................265 Judicial Review of
Enforcement Actions ...............................267 Imminent Danger
Inspections ................................................278 1.0
Overview
.........................................................................................278
2.0 Imminent Danger Defined
...........................................................279 3.0 Nuts and
Bolts of an Inspection .................................................279
4.0 The On-Site Visit
...........................................................................280
5.0 Employee Representatives
............................................................283 6.0 Opening
Conference
.....................................................................284
7.0 The Walk Around
..........................................................................284
8.0 Notices of Imminent Danger and Temporary Restraining Orders
.............................................................................................285
9.0 Closing Conference
.......................................................................286
10.0 Citations and Penalties
................................................................286 11.0
Abatement
.....................................................................................287
12.0 MSHA Imminent Danger Inspections
.....................................289 13.0 Individual Employee Rights
and Labor Unions ......................290 14.0 Summary
.......................................................................................291