After issuing a flurry of new enforcement initiatives earlier in the year, such as the Severe Violator Enforcement Program and its memorandum administratively increasing civil penalties, OSHA seems to have shifted its focus a little back toward its regulatory program. OSHA rulemaking often proceeds at a glacial pace, but in the last few months the Agency has issued two
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OSHA Proposes Changes to Rules Governing Slips, Trips, and Falls in General Industry
By Bradford T. Hammock on
Posted in OSHA Rulemaking
OSHA has published a proposed rule that would revise requirements governing the prevention of slips, trips, and falls in general industry workplaces. OSHA’s "Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment (Fall Protection Systems)" proposed rule impacts virtually every general industry workplace in the country. Slips, trips, and falls are one of the leading causes of OSHA recordable…