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Senate shouldn’t revoke important workplace
safety rule
Letter
The Senate,
under the Congressional Review Act, will be voting soon on whether to revoke
the amended Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule requiring
employers to keep injury and illness records for five years.
The amended rule
was in a response to a court battle that OSHA lost due to imprecise language in
the existing rule. The amendment was crafted to more accurately represent the
original intent of the law.
The rule change
puts no additional burden on the employer. However, revoking the amended
language would dilute the effectiveness of the law, allowing the employer less
accountability and the ultimately putting workers at greater risk of harm on
the job.
Linda Doran
associate
director
Maine Labor
Group on Health
Augusta
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