Attorneys Eye Likely Points Of Contention In OSHA ‘Third-Party’ Walkarounds

Two employer attorneys are pointing to several aspects of OSHA inspections where they say companies could either contest the agency’s approval of “third-party” worker representatives under a controversial new rule or limit their access to job sites, previewing potential case-by-case disputes that could run parallel to broader litigation over the policy’s legality. At an April 24 webinar hosted by the law firm Keller and Heckman as part of its “OSHA 30/30” series, attorneys Manesh Rath and Taylor Johnson highlighted what...