Building groups seek extra time to comply with confined spaces rule

A dozen key building trade groups want OSHA to extend the effective date of the agency's recently promulgated confined spaces in construction rule. The groups in a letter to OSHA early this month told agency chief David Michaels that “due to the scope of this new rule and the wide ranging impact it will have on the entire construction industry, we believe stakeholders will need additional time to fully review and understand the requirements, and develop the resources needed to...