OSHA/Workplace Safety

Team Leaders

Team Leader

John R. Callcott

Member

john.callcott@steptoe-johnson.com

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Overview

Steptoe & Johnson’s Workplace Safety Team provides a full range of occupational safety and health law services. Industries served include oil and gas, chemical, manufacturing, health care, construction, and transportation. Team members understand the legal issues and know the agencies and people involved in the safety matters important to our clients. They integrate with other firm teams, including Environmental and Emergency Response, to provide 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year coverage for time sensitive client needs.

Representative Experience

Team lawyers have advised, litigated, and resolved citations for employers in multiple industries and throughout OSHA’s area of regulatory oversight. Examples include:

Chemical exposure involving arsenic, chlorine, caustic, ammonia and many more
HAZCOM standard application and training, labeling of containers and piping and use of MSDSs (now SDSs)
Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for fall protection, face protection, and foot protection and regarding locations and application of eyewashes, etc.
Process safety management (PSM) compliance
Machine-guarding involving mixers, trash compactors, motor shafts, overhead gears, power presses, etc.
Walking and working surfaces, floor holes, fall protection, housekeeping, blocked exit and blocked aisleways, and the like
Forklift use, inspection, charging, and retraining
Crane use, maintenance and repair in industrial settings
Electrical compliance involving substations, outlets, lock out tag out (LOTO), use of flexible cord sets (extension cords), fixed wiring, panel boxes, etc.
Bloodborne pathogen compliance, including needlesticks, handling and disposal of sharps, training, renewal of Exposure Control Plans, inoculations for HEPc, sterilization of instruments, maintaining 300 logs regarding sharps injuries or exposure to BBP
Confined space procedures, monitoring and signage
Noise and respirator compliance
Scaffolding and elevated working surfaces
Fire extinguisher placement, training and auditing, and blocked exits and numbers of exits
Recordkeeping on 300 logs and specific content and recordability

Highlights

Advise in the aftermath of accidents, regarding reporting and other requirements and in preparation for potential follow-on litigation
Assist and prepare clients for inspections
Provide guidance regarding all aspects of interfacing with OSHA
Represent clients in all phases of enforcement proceedings, including negotiation and litigation
Train regarding OSHA rules, initiatives and proposed best practices