Over the past year, our team has noted significant activity in the area of employment-related class action lawsuits filed against mining operators and contractors, oil and gas companies, and other…
OSHA & Workplace Safety
This past July, OSHA’s Colorado offices published a Local Emphasis Program regarding…
On August 30, 2024, OSHA formally published its heat safety standard for…
On July 2, OSHA unveiled its proposed heat safety rule, currently awaiting…
OSHA has been working a proposed standard for indoor and outdoor heat…
On May 20, 2024, OSHA published finalized revisions to the Hazard Communication…
On March 29, 2024, OSHA released the final version of its new…
MSHA & Mine Safety
Trump Administration Nominates New Assistant Secretaries for OSHA and MSHA
Over the last week, the Trump administration has put forward its nominees…
On January 10, 2025, the Department of Labor’s annual penalty adjustments were…
MSHA announced it will hold a series of stakeholder meetings across the…
The Acting Secretary of Labor appeared with the Assistant Secretary for Mine…
MSHA has posted a template for compliance assistance with the Surface Mobile…
The average mining operator now spends over $20,000 per year on citations…