Overview
An OSHA citation can turn into extended litigation and reputational damage well beyond the underlying safety issue, which makes how a company responds in the first hours after a workplace accident as important as its underlying safety program. Carlton Fields' OSHA team, drawn from its Labor and Employment and Construction practices, counsels and advises clients on compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act and related state laws and regulations, covering compliance with workplace safety and health regulations, development and implementation of safety programs and policies, safety and health assessments and audits, investigations of workplace accidents, OSHA inspections and litigation, and resolution of OSHA citations and whistleblower safety complaints.
Because OSHA litigation can be costly and damage a company's reputation regardless of outcome, our emphasis is on risk management and litigation avoidance: compliance audits, implementation of best practices in the workplace, negotiation of favorable informal settlements of OSHA citations, and rapid response in the event of a workplace accident. Our team also builds training and education programs directly with clients to help maintain a safe and healthy workplace on an ongoing basis, rather than only after an incident triggers a citation.
The cross-disciplinary structure of our team, spanning both labor and employment and construction lawyers, allows it to address safety issues that arise on construction sites as well as in more conventional workplace settings.
