For this week’s Guest Post Friday we welcome, Anna E. Jolly, JD, CHMM. Anna is a partner in the consulting firm, Circle Safety and Health Consultants, LLC. Anna has been an OHS professional for over 30 years and is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She is also a member of the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board. Anna has the ability to integrate technical and legal requirements relating to occupational safety and health regulations so that her clients keep their employees safe, follow the regulatory requirements and accomplish the goals of their business. Her favorite projects involve assisting clients through the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health regulatory process
So your client just got cited by Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) and wants you to make it go away. So you are a hot-shot attorney, what can be so hard about this? It is just a small regulatory agency. Well, you have to know a few things about OSHA in general and Virginia’s version specifically in order to get the best outcome.
First thing to know is that your client has 15 working days to do something. If he does nothing, he pays full price. This is like your court filing deadline; if you miss it, you’re out of luck. So, schedule your informal contest and/or submit your notice of contest. In Virginia you can still have an informal after you submit a notice of contest.
