What Supervisors Should Know About Liability & Workplace Accidents
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The ground rules are changing when it comes to supervisor liability and workplace accidents. Courts and OSHA enforcement personnel are taking a closer look at who is to blame and what should have been done to prevent an accident before it occurred.
Nationally renowned safety expert Adele L. Abrams, Esq. CMSP, will explain what supervisors need to do to effectively manage workplace safety and incident control in a way that will reduce personal and corporate liability.
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Learning Objectives:
- Why personal penalties and criminal enforcement against supervisors and management agents is on the rise.
- Why inappropriate disclosure of information early in an investigation can prejudice OSHA/MSHA enforcement defense, tort and worker's compensation liability litigation
- Why supervisors are often the injured parties in serious workplace accidents
- How to minimize risk and improve the safety culture through mentoring of workers and use of Job Safety Analysis
- How to effectively document discipline, training and regulatory compliance
- What should and should not be done in dealing with government officials at all levels during crisis situations.
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Presented by:
 Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSP
Adele L. Abrams is an attorney, safety professional and trained mediator who is president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C. in Beltsville, MD, a five-attorney firm focusing on safety, health and employment law nationwide. Adele is a certified mine safety professional and she also provides consultation, safety audits and training services to MSHA and OSHA regulated companies.
Adele is a regular columnist for numerous magazines on legal, employment, mine and occupational safety/health issues, and is co-author of several books related to mining, construction and occupational safety and health. She is also on the adjunct faculty of the Catholic University of America, where she instructs on Employment and Labor Law.
She is a member of the Maryland, DC and PA Bars, the U.S. District Courts of Maryland and DC, the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. She is a graduate of the George Washington University’s National Law Center, and earned her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Safety Engineers, National Safety Council, International Society of Mine Safety Professionals, and the American Bar Association.
For more information, contact her at safetylawyer@aol.com. The Law Office of Adele L. Abrams’ website is www.safety-law.com.
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CDRom + Transcript (PDF) + Audio CD: - $319
CDRom Only - $217
Audio CD Only - $199
Written Transcript Only - $198
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