OSHA Launches Realignment, New Name Scheme For Regional Offices

OSHA is reworking the borders between several of its regions and abandoning the long-standing numbered designations for those offices, saying the changes will help it “direct its resources effectively and make the agency more resilient” in part by prioritizing states that lack delegated authority to implement the OSH Act. In a May 8 release , OSHA says it plans to combine the current Region 9, which covers California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and several Pacific territories with Region 10, which has...