The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a three-month phase-in period to allow residential construction employers to comply with the agency's new directive for providing fall protection to residential construction workers.The phase-in period runs from June 16 to Sept. 15, OSHA reported.David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, said in a statement dated June 9 that the phase-in period will give employers "the additional time and flexibility they need to alter their work practices in accordance with the requirements of the new directive."During the three mont...
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