Construction Workers Gain Protection for Jobs in Confined Spaces

A new rule released by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would replace current requirements for training construction employees that work within tight and constricted places, such as pipelines or silos. The last time OSHA issued rules in relation to confined spaces was over 20 years ago, but they only applied to general industry workers. Only a single training provision, issued in 1979, applies to construction workers who work in similar environments.  Talks of changing the rules to hold construction workers to the same mandates as general labor have been ongoing since 2...