OSHA Expects Quick Review Of Fall Protection Rule

OSHA chief David Michaels expects the agency's long-delayed final rule seeking to protect workers from slips, trips, and falls at work-sites -- one of the leading causes of workplace injuries -- to be issued before the end of the administration, a schedule much sooner than what industry had anticipated. Michaels Oct.18 told the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress & Expo in Anaheim, CA, that he expects OSHA will issue the final rule before he leaves the agency in January, according...