Michael R. Peelish

Biography

Michael Peelish focuses his practice on occupational safety and health compliance. In his 25 years of operating company experience with multinational companies, Michael gained exposure to all facets of a company from the operations to the board room. Using knowledge gained as an executive leader, Michael helps clients comply with various state and federal health and safety regulations with an emphasis on OSHA and MSHA compliance and defense of alleged violations. He also has an extensive background in assisting employers with other labor and employment matters including labor negotiations, discrimination investigations and defense, emergency response and crisis communications, and employee health and safety training and audits.

Using his mining engineering background, Michael assists clients with technical operational issues by deploying alternative and innovative methods of compliance, providing operational and process improvement feedback, and conducting exposure assessments under the MSHA and OSHA air contaminant standards. Deploying his deep experience and understanding of how mining, general industry, and construction work sites operate allows Michael to represent his clients in an efficient manner while providing constructive legal and operational feedback.

Court Admissions

• U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit