Parker Sees ‘Strategic’ Compliance Approach On Fall-Prevention, Silica Rules

OSHA chief Douglas Parker says the agency is seeking to adopt “a more strategic approach” to enforcement and compliance assistance for its safety standards on fall prevention and silica dust, including outreach to smaller residential construction projects, while touting a 20 percent year-to-year drop in falling deaths. The agency has been “trying to take a more strategic approach to fall prevention,” targeting its outreach and enforcement efforts on construction, particularly residential construction, Parker said during an Oct. 9 webinar hosted...