Attorneys Eye Hurdles To ‘Creating Employer’ Test After OSHRC Decision

Industry attorneys say an Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) case where the panel underlined the “creating employer” test for liability at multi-employer worksites could also showcase the limits of that doctrine for OSHA enforcement, especially the need to prove that the company had knowledge of the danger it allegedly created. During a Jan. 25 webinar hosted by the law firm Keller & Heckman, attorneys said the OSHRC case, known as Secretary of Labor v. ACrane Rental , could...