OSHA, EPA Ready Facility IST Guide, Sidestepping Calls For Rule Mandate

OSHA and EPA are planning to soon issue long-promised guidance to assist facilities in assessing whether inherently safer technologies (IST), like safer chemicals or processes, would reduce risks of facility accidents and worker injuries, underscoring that federal officials will likely forgo requiring that facilities use those safety measures in future rules. But their plan continues to draw opposition from safety advocates, who continue to press officials for a mandatory IST requirement and to question why EPA recently proposed a rule...