OSHA Proposes Approving Massachusetts State Plan For Government Workers

OSHA is formally proposing to grant Massachusetts’ application for OSH Act authority to enforce workplace safety standards for state and local government employees following years of quiet negotiations, clearing a path for the Bay State to become the seventh with state-plan authority only for government workplaces. In a Federal Register notice unveiled June 29 ahead of a June 30 publication date, OSHA says it believes Massachusetts’ Department of Labor Standards (DLS) satisfies the OSH Act’s requirement for state plans...