Safety
Safety Is More than Compliance
Managing construction safety goes beyond adhering to OSHA standards and reducing injury and illness rates
Author
Howard Mavity
Howard Mavity is a partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP in the OSHA Atlanta office. He founded and co-chairs the firm’s Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. Mavity has provided counsel for over 225 occasions of union activity, guided unionized companies and has managed approximately 500 OSHA fatality cases in construction and general industry. Mavity also responds to every type of workplace inquiry, and has handled cases before the EEOC, OFCCP, NLRB and numerous other state and federal agencies. For more information, visit laborlawyers.com.
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