Matt Thorne's practice focuses exclusively on occupational safety and health law. He counsels employers in numerous areas of OSHA regulatory compliance, namely, process safety management (PSM), permit-required confined spaces, lockout/tagout procedures, machine guarding, and hazard communication. Matt has substantial experience in all stages of defending employers in OSHA enforcement actions, including accident investigation, managing OSHA inspections, contesting OSHA citations, and participating in litigation before the OSH Review Commission. Matt has also drafted comments on behalf of trade associations with regard to several OSHA rulemakings. Matt is OSHA 30-Hour certified and has received significant PSM compliance training.
