The legal aspects of industrial hygiene and safety

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Author
Chapter 1 The Employment Relationship
	1.1 Introduction – Origins of Employment Law
	1.2 History of Employment Law
	1.3 Statutory Employment Regulation
	1.4 Public v. Private Employment
	1.5 Agency Law
	1.6 Mill Street Church of Christ v. Hogan (785 S.W.2d 263 Ky. (1990))
		1.6.1 Facts
		1.6.2 Analysis
		1.6.3 Holding
	1.7 Independent Contractor v. Employee Status
	1.8 Non-exempt v. Exempt Employment
Chapter 2 Multi-employer Worksite Regulations
	2.1 Introduction – The Impetus of Multi-employer Worksite Regulations
	2.2 The Controlling Employer
	2.3 The Correcting Employer
	2.4 The Exposing Employer
	2.5 The Creating Employer
	2.6 Martinez Melgoza & Associates, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries
		2.6.1 Facts
		2.6.2 Issue
		2.6.3 Analysis
		2.6.4 Holding
		2.6.5 Author’s Comments on the Case
Chapter 3 Contract Law
	3.1 Introduction – Contract Formation
	3.2 Offer and Acceptance
	3.3 Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. (1 Q.B. 256 Court of Appeal (1892))
		3.3.1 Facts
		3.3.2 Analysis
		3.3.3 Holding
		3.3.4 Author’s Comments on the Case
	3.4 Consideration
	3.5 Pre-existing Legal Duty and Internal Agreements
	3.6 Managing Safety in Construction and Labor Contracts
	3.7 Flowing Down Safety Requirements
	3.8 Prescott Housing Group, Inc. v. Do-Right Asbestos Corporation
		3.8.1 Facts and Analysis
Chapter 4 Tort Law
	4.1 Introduction to Torts
	4.2 Lisa M. v. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital (1995)
		4.2.1 Facts
		4.2.2 Rule
		4.2.3 Analysis
		4.2.4 Holding
		4.2.5 Author’s Comments on the Case
	4.3 Violence in the Workplace
	4.4 Negligence – Duty and Breach
		4.4.1 Duty
		4.4.2 Breach
	4.5 Negligence – Causation
	4.6 Sine Qua Non Causation
	4.7 Summers v. Tice (33 Cal.2d 80)
		4.7.1 Facts
		4.7.2 Issue
		4.7.3 Holding
		4.7.4 Author’s Comments on the Case
	4.8 Proximate Cause
	4.9 Intervening and Super Intervening Events
	4.10 Damages
	4.11 Strict Liability Torts
	4.12 In Re: San Francisco Zoo
		4.12.1 Facts
		4.12.2 Author’s Comments on the Case
	4.13 Toxic Torts
	4.14 Gunnell v. Metrocolor Laboratories, Inc
		4.14.1 Facts
		4.14.2 Issue
		4.14.3 Analysis
		4.14.4 Holding
		4.14.5 Author’s Comments on the Case
Chapter 5 Administrative Law
	5.1 Introduction – Civil Procedure of Litigation
	5.2 The Administrative Law Process
	5.3 Separation of Powers and the Intelligible Principle
	5.4 The Federal OSHA Adjudication System
	5.5 Secretary of Labor v. Missouri Basin Well Service, Inc. (OSHRC, March 1, 2018)
		5.5.1 Facts
		5.5.2 Discussion
		5.5.3 Hazard Element
		5.5.4 Hazard Recognition
		5.5.5 Feasibility of Abatement
		5.5.6 Decision
		5.5.7 Author’s Comments on the Case
Chapter 6 Criminal Law
	6.1 Introduction to Criminal Law
	6.2 Actus Reus
	6.3 United States v. Robinson
		6.3.1 Facts
		6.3.2 Issue
		6.3.3 Analysis & Holding
		6.3.4 Author’s Comments on the Case
	6.4 Mens Rea
	6.5 Morissette v. United States
		6.5.1 Facts
		6.5.2 Analysis
		6.5.3 Holding
		6.5.4 Author’s Comments on the Case
	6.6 When Is Violating an Occupational Safety and Health Administration Regulation a Crime?
	6.7 “Be a Manager Go to Jail” Statutes
	6.8 Investigation and Prosecution at the State Level
	6.9 People v. the Regents of the University of California, Patrick Harran
		6.9.1 Facts
		6.9.2 Investigation and Prosecution
		6.9.3 Settlement
		6.9.4 Author’s Comments on the Case
Chapter 7 Workplace Discrimination and Retaliation
	7.1 Introduction – The Boundaries of Accommodation
	7.2 Vande Zande v. State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration
		7.2.1 Facts
		7.2.2 Analysis
		7.2.3 Holding
		7.2.4 Author’s Comments on the Case
	7.3 The IH/S Professional’s Role in Reasonable Accommodations
	7.4 The Good Faith Interactive Process
	7.5 Black v. El Paseo Steel Company
		7.5.1 Facts
		7.5.2 Litigation Commences
		7.5.3 Discovery Begins
		7.5.4 Mediation and Settlement
		7.5.5 Author’s Comments on the Case
	7.6 Workplace Retaliation
	7.7 Pederson v. Dublin State University
		7.7.1 Facts
		7.7.2 Disposition
		7.7.3 Author’s Comments on the Case
	7.8 Establishing a Safety Culture Free of the Fear of Retribution
Chapter 8 Workers’ Compensation
	8.1 Introduction – The Compensation Bargain
	8.2 Workers’ Compensation Litigation
	8.3 Workers’ Compensation Defenses – Work Relatedness
	8.4 Worker’s Compensation Defenses – Drugs and Alcohol
	8.5 Workers’ Compensation Defenses – Horseplay and The Initial Aggressor Defense
	8.6 Mathews v. Workmen’s Comp. Appeals Bd. (California Supreme Court, (1972))
		8.6.1 Facts
		8.6.2 Analysis
		8.6.3 Holding
		8.6.4 Author’s Comments on the Case
	8.7 Serious and Willful Misconduct by the Employer
	8.8 Horenberger v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation
		8.8.1 Facts
		8.8.2 Analysis
		8.8.3 Author’s Comments on the Case
	8.9 Workers Compensation Retaliation
Chapter 9 Evidence Law Topics
	9.1 Introduction – What Is Evidence?
	9.2 The Requirement of Relevancy
	9.3 Authenticity
	9.4 Hearsay – An Issue of Reliability
		9.4.1 Is the Email a Statement?
		9.4.2 Was It Made out of Court?
		9.4.3 Was It Offered to Prove the Truth of the Matter Asserted?
	9.5 Hearsay Exceptions Generally
	9.6 The Business Records Exception
	9.7 Present Sense Impressions and Excited Utterances
	9.8 United States v. Mitchell
		9.8.1 Facts
		9.8.2 Analysis
		9.8.3 Holding
		9.8.4 Author’s Comments on the Case
Chapter 10 Influencing IH/S Organizational Policy and Compliance Strategy
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Write Like an Eighth Grader
	10.3 The IRAC Method – Issue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion
		10.3.1 Issue Statements
		10.3.2 Rule Statements
		10.3.3 Analysis
		10.3.4 Conclusion
	10.4 Putting It All Together – IRAC Writing Examples
	10.5 Assessment Reporting – Objective Writing
		10.5.1 Scope of Assessment
		10.5.2 Lines of Inquiry
		10.5.3 Acceptance Criteria
		10.5.4 Analysis of the Facts
			10.5.4.1 Line of Inquiry (1) – Fit Testing Procedure
			10.5.4.2 Line of Inquiry (2) – Positive and Negative Fit Checks
Index