Our OSHA team deploys broad experience and in-depth knowledge of the regulatory landscape on behalf of our clients. Our advocates have decades of experience and understand how workplace safety issues may interact with all facets of the law, including labor and environmental issues. We routinely guide clients through complex workplace safety issues with solution-oriented advice that protects their business, their assets and their reputation.
Working proactively to minimize risk, our nationally recognized attorneys guide clients through health and safety assessments under attorney-client privilege, provide compliance counseling, and assist in assembling and training teams to work with OSHA inspectors to reduce the risks associated with citations and penalties. In the face of increasing regulation and rapidly escalating administrative penalties, we are experienced in achieving favorable settlements of citations, as well as successfully contesting them. Our attorneys also are experienced with coordinating responses to multiple government agencies in the event of a workplace incident, including fatalities, and we are prepared to defend against both criminal charges and civil lawsuits.
With a nationwide presence, we assist clients in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, chemical, food, energy, construction and healthcare sectors. In addition, we work seamlessly with our highly regarded employment practice and with BakerHostetler’s other relevant practice areas, from white-collar investigations and whistleblower actions to class action defense and environmental issues.
Among the services we provide:
- OSHA negotiation and litigation at the state and federal levels
- Counsel regarding OSHA inspections, including preparation, interviews and follow-up
- Effective handling of whistleblower complaints
- Compliance counseling
- Compliance assessments
- Health and safety assessments
- Formulating safety best practices for clients
- Crisis management advice and assistance