House Labor appropriations report slams OSHA enforcement

The GOP-led House Appropriations Committee is taking OSHA to task for its approach to enforcement versus compliance assistance, telling the Obama administration in report language for next year's spending plan that OSHA is carrying out a flawed set a of policies, and also blasting how the agency drafted its proposed rule to tamp down on worker exposures to crystalline silica dust. “The Committee strongly supports the underlying mission of OSHA to promote a safe and healthy work place and protect...