OSHA Eyes EPA’s ‘Race To The Top’ Model For Firms’ Worker Safety Efforts

A top OSHA official says companies’ efforts to exceed compliance with EPA regulations and pursue sustainability as a core business concept provide a model for how OSHA wants firms to “race to the top” on strengthening worker safety protections, asking an agency advisory panel for advice on how to improve safety and health management. “If you look at the environmental community, there are a large number of people that have moved beyond compliance with EPA [regulations] that are now talking...