OSHA Prepares Call For Input On Long-Pending Press Standard Update

OSHA appears to be readying a request for information to inform a first-time update to its 1971 safety standard for mechanical power presses, after the agency first announced that it was planning to rework the policy during the George W. Bush administration but took no concrete steps toward a new version for almost 14 years. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) began review on April 30 of a new pre-rule notice for the mechanical power press standard...