Date: Thursday, July 14
Time: 2:00 p.m. (ET) / 1:00 p.m. (CT) / 12:00 p.m. (MT) / 11:00 a.m. (PT)
Length: 75 minutes
Fee: Free for ABC members
Speaker: Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. Partner, Fisher & Phillips LLP and former Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA

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Who Should Attend 

• Safety Directors
• Company Owners
• Superintendents
• Vice Presidents
• Presidents

 
Webinar Description
Following up on the popular June 29 webinar, "What to Do When OSHA Comes Calling: A Guide to OSHA Inspections", former Assistant Secretary of Labor and current employer counsel Ed Foulke will guide participants through the process of appealing an OSHA citation. Learn about what rights an employer has during the hearing process, including a step-by-step guide through the informal hearing, formal hearing and OSHRC appeal process.

This webinar is designed to:

1. Help you understand your rights during OSHA’s citation settlement process
2. Provide insight on how OSHA conducts the informal and formal citation hearings and what to expect
3. Give you the tools necessary to argue for reduction and dismissal of citation penalties

About the Speaker
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher & Phillips LLP and co-chairs the firm's Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. Prior to joining Fisher & Phillips, Foulke was the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Named by President George W. Bush to head OSHA, he served from April 2006 to November 2008. During his tenure at OSHA, workplace injury, illness and fatality rates dropped to their lowest levels in recorded history. For more than 30 years, Foulke has worked in the labor and employment area, focusing on occupational safety and health issues, workplace violence risk assessment and prevention, whistleblower protection, and accident and fatality prevention. He also served on the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission in Washington, D.C., chairing the commission from March 1990 to February 1994. In 2008, Occupational Hazards magazine listed him as one of the "50 Most Influential EHS Leaders."