DGS attorneys have significant Safety & Health expertise encompassing both occupational and mine safety experience.  Our attorneys have handled numerous OSHA investigations and proceedings throughout the United States involving a broad range of injuries and fatalities in the construction, mining, oil and gas, manufacturing and other industries.   We have worked closely for decades with our oil and gas industry clients to address health and safety issues, and most recently have helped clients respond to OSHA’s recent initiative to focus on workplace hazards in the oil and gas industry.  We have significant experience providing advice to clients during OSHA inspections and negotiating and defending OSHA citations.

DGS also has extensive experience addressing inspections, investigations and enforcement actions under the Mine Safety & Health Act.  We assist our mining clients in dealing with the insurance coverage, liability and criminal prosecution risks that accompany a workplace accident. We advise clients on audits of compliance, record keeping, and training, and perform internal investigations where needed.  We have represented clients in administrative enforcement proceedings and before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.  We have also assisted prospective purchasers with pre-acquisition due diligence into MSHA compliance and enforcement.