OSHRC Mandates Fall Protections For Road Work But Leaves Methods Open

A new decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) holds for apparently the first time that road construction companies must adopt fall-protection measures for employees working from the backs of moving vehicles, but the panel took no clear position on what abatement methods the employers must use. The two-member commission’s Dec. 10 decision in Secretary of Labor v. Roadsafe Traffic Systems , Inc. upholds two 2017 citations for “serious” violations of the OSH Act’s General Duty...