Workplace Safety Review

In this episode, Mike Taylor and Adam Roseman interview Mark Catlin, Industrial Hygienist, MDC Consulting and Training. His role involves Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Consulting. Mark addresses his work with the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup, his work at SEIU assisting unions after workplace fatalities at industrial sites, the H1N1, Ebola, and COVID-19 pandemics, and how OSHA has changed over the last 40 years.

In this episode, Michael Taylor, chair of Greenberg Traurig's Occupational Safety and Health Group, interviews Mark Rothstein, University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and the School of Medicine Director. Professor Rothstein discusses employer mandated vaccines dealing with COVID-19

In this episode, Adam Roseman interviews Marc Freedman. Marc discusses his role as the Vice President of Employment Policy for the United States Chamber of Commerce, how the Chamber supports its members with workplace safety and health issues, OSHA under the new administration, whether OSHA will issue an emergency temporary standard (ETS) related to COVID-19, and, if it does, what requirements the ETS is likely going to include.

In this episode, hosts Mike Taylor and Adam Roseman speak with Commissioner Amanda Wood Laihow of the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). Commissioner Laihow discusses her career and the operations of OSHRC including petitions for discretionary review and the impacts of COVID.

In this episode, Chair of Greenberg Traurig's OSHA Practice Michael T. Taylor speaks with Francene Diehl, Corporate Director of Safety for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. Diehl discusses her own experience as an environmental, healthy, and safety professional, and how to increase diversity in the industry.

In this episode, Michael T. Taylor and Adam Roseman speak with Richard Fairfax, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA. Fairfax discusses his first-hand experience working within OSHA, including achievements he is proud of, challenges the agency faces, OSHA's standard setting process, and where he has seen success in working with employers, among other topics.

Greenberg Traurig's Michael T. Taylor and Adam Roseman review the bellwether events of 2020 and what environment, health, and safety (EHS) professionals can expect in terms of regulatory and enforcement actions and trends under the new Biden Administration.

In this episode, Greenberg Traurig's Michael T. Taylor, Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Group, and Adam Roseman speak to Doug Parker, Cal-OSHA Chief, about the ins and outs of Cal-OSHA, his first 15 months as chief, and what Cal-OSHA is planning for 2021.

In episode seven of Workplace Safety Review, Greenberg Traurig's OSHA podcast, host Mike Taylor interviews Quentin Baker, President of Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants. The two discuss accident investigations and what they entail. Quentin Baker has over 40 years' experience in in the fields of combustion, explosions, and blast effects. He has investigated over 120 explosion incidents in a wide variety of industries.

Workplace Safety Review, is a Greenberg Traurig Podcast, hosted by Michael Taylor, Chair of the firm's OSHA Group. Taylor interviews influential environmental, health, and safety professionals across the country in a broad range of industries.

In episode six of Workplace Safety Review, host Mike Taylor interviews Jess Lankford, Chief Administrative Officer of Nevada OSHA. The two discuss Nevada OSHA's response to COVID-19, the group's enforcement authority during the pandemic, and how they are implementing and educating businesses on its guidelines.