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OSHA Issues Walking/ Working Surfaces Final Rule

Ed Foulke

Partner, Fisher Phillips, LLP/Former Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA

发布日期: 2016年11月17日

Today OSHA issued its final rule on the walking/working surfaces standard, which is approximately 1225 pages long. The major focus is on fall protection in general industry but also has numerous amendments to a number of OSHA standards. For a copy of the final rule, please see the link below!

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-24557.pdf

Linda Damesyn

Project Safety Manager at Armada Hoffler

8 年

Mr. Foulke thank you for the update and your continued support of Safety & Health. As a past Safety & Health compliance officer it was an honor meeting you several years ago when you came to speak with the WMACSA group at the invitationof my friend John Lanigan.

Boris Veizaga, CRSP, NCSO, P.GSC

Senior Health and Safety Manager at PortsToronto

8 年

thanks for the share!!

Michael F. Murray

Risk professional focused on innovating risk management next-gen

8 年

We can all agree preventing falls is mission critical. Looking forward to finishing the read...only 1121 pages to go.

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