Certified for the Front Lines: Brett Wolfson’s OSHA 10 Training Enhances Defense in Construction and Workplace Accident Litigation
In May 2025, Brett Wolfson attended a two-day OSHA 10 training and received his OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety and Health Certification. This enhances his skills for defending construction and workplace accident matters, including products liability accidents that occur at a workplace. Some of the topics covered during Brett’s OSHA 10 training included fall protection, personal protective equipment (PPE), confined spaces, lockout tagout, scaffolding, electricity, housekeeping, power tools, and machine guarding.
OSHA is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Despite its intention of providing a workplace free from recognized hazards, OSHA regulations are frequently used as a sword by skilled plaintiffs’ attorneys to build a case against a defendant. OSHA regulations are also at times used in defending claims where fault of the accident is with the injured plaintiff or plaintiff’s employer.
Employers typically have immunity from direct liability for workplace injuries through the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation law of the employer’s respective state. Plaintiffs’ attorneys search for a 3rd party to name in a lawsuit to seek a recovery beyond the limited compensation provided through Workers’ Compensation benefits, sometimes a contractor and sometimes a product manufacturer. That 3rd party is the insured of the various insurance carriers who retain us.
It is imperative for defense counsel to be capable of identifying relevant OSHA regulations that may play a role in a plaintiff’s case so as to properly investigate and inform companies and insurance carriers of liability, ability to defend, and exposure. Effective defense counsel must understand how OSHA operates with respect to investigations, issuing citations for violations, and disposition and/or resolution of OSHA citations.
Brett can be reached at 1-484-823-9264 and/or BAWolfson@Zarwin.com
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