OSHA Resumes Regular Enforcement in Mississippi

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will result "regular enforcement" of job safety and health standards in southern Mississippi which had been exempted from normal enforcement operations as a result of last year's hurricanes. Edwin Foulke, assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, said the agency will resume regular enforcement of standards south of Interstate 10. Following hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma last summer OSHA exempted various counties and parishes in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana from regular enforcement status. OSHA limited its inspections in those...