Attorney Doug Crim has spent his career committed to education and advocacy in workplace health and safety matters and environmental law. His work emphasizes OSHA, MIOSHA and general environmental laws and regulations. Doug has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America as the Lansing, Michigan, Lawyer of the Year in Environmental, Health and Safety Law and included on the Michigan Super Lawyers and BTI Client Service All-Star Attorneys lists.
Doug's representation of clients in health and safety and environmental matters has included administrative, civil and criminal litigation. He has a strong background in successfully defending automotive, utility, construction, retail, university and other clients in federal OSHA and State Plan, MIOSHA, enforcement actions. He also advises clients on avoiding government enforcement actions. The firm offers confidential health and safety audits to identify compliance gaps. Clients can then determine safety program enhancements that also allow clients to maintain efficient operations.
The firm provides workplace OSHA health and safety reviews in business acquisitions. Together with the a standard environmental review, the OSHA review provides the client with information to assess and manage potential health and safety liabilities.
OSHA Use of Industry Standards In Enforcement of General Duty Clause, American Bar Association, Occupational Safety & Health Committee , Santa Monica, California, March 2, 2018
Employer Safety/OSHA Program Member Seminar, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, September 28, 2017
OSHA’s Attempt to Expand Citation Statute of Limitations Thwarted by Congressional Review Act Senate Vote, Client Update, March 27, 2017
OSHA Delays Enforcement of Injury Reporting Anti-retaliation Provisions, Client Update, July 15, 2016
New OSHA Rule Could Affect Employers’ Drug Testing and Safety Incentives, Client Update, July 5, 2016
Brewery Worker Health & Safety OSHA/MIOSHA Issues, Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Conference January 13-15, 2016
OSHA Issues Relating to Craft Distilling, American Distilling Institute Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, March 30 – April 2, 2015
Employer Safety/OSHA Program Member Seminar, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, June 24-25, 2015
OSHA/MIOSHA and Liability Issues Relating to the Use of Outside Contractors in Your Facility, (Webinar), Michigan Chamber of Commerce, July 26, 2011
Employer Workplace Health and Safety Programs - An Employer's Best Friend or Worst Enemy, (Webinar), Michigan Chamber of Commerce, June 28, 2011
"Hazards Could Hurt Your Company," Insight, September/October 2007
Michigan Chamber of Commerce MIOSHA Compliance (6 hour core compliance course), November 2006
"Doing Business in the United States – OSHA," Michigan Manufacturers Association MIOSHA Compliance Seminar, May 2006
"Employers who put profit over safety risk prosecution: MIOSHA gets tough with willful violators," Hot Points, Fall 2005
"MIOSHA Criminal Prosecutions: When Referred, When Not; Why or Why Not," Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee Midwinter Meeting of the American Bar Association, Key West, Florida, March 1-4, 2005
"Managing OSHA Workplace Health & Safety Issues: Significant & Costly Problems; Some Methods to Help Avoid Them," CRA Compliance Seminar, February 2004
Michigan Chamber of Commerce Publication, "Employment Law Handbook: Guide for Michigan Employers" (OSHA Chapter Contributor), 2003-present
"Avoiding OSHA Citations And Liabilities In Michigan", Lorman Education Services, January 2002
"OSHA Compliance Update," National Business Institute, October 2001
"Legal Perspective of OSHA Ergonomics," Grand Rapids Community College, March 2001
"Some Things Managers Should Know About OSHA/MIOSHA," Miller Canfield Morning Update, September 2000
"OSHA/MIOSHA Safety Developments," seminar on Employment Law Matters, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone and Kalamazoo County Chamber of Commerce, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 9/30/99
"OSHA/MIOSHA Safety Developments," Council on Education in Management, Lansing, Michigan, 8/16/99
"Current OSHA Issues," Hot Topics in Environmental Law, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, Dearborn, Michigan, 4/29/99 and Grand Rapids, Michigan, 5/5/99
"Preventing Corporate-and Personal–Liability for Workplace Safety Hazards," Council on Education in Management Personnel Law Update 1996, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 2, 1996
"Hazards Could Hurt Your Company," Hot Points, published by Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, December 1996
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