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Cell Phones at the Workplace: Protecting Employee Safety

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on October 13, 2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: As OSHA’s enforcement relating to employee cell phone use gains more notoriety, it can be expected that it will have a significant collateral impact on law enforcement at all levels to address this hazard.

Business today is regularly conducted through cell phones, as a necessary tool for employees…
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It’s the PITs! Employer Guide to Forklift Liability in the Workplace

By Seyfarth Shaw LLP on November 18, 2015

Posted in OSHA Compliance, OSHA Litigation, Workplace Policies and Processes

By Mark A. Lies, II and Patrick D. Joyce

Take a look around you. There’s a good chance you work at a facility that uses a Powered Industrial Truck (PIT).

OSHA defines a PIT as “any mobile power-propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack or tier materials.” Most people think of PITs as forklifts. Though forklifts come in…
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