OSHA is conducting stakeholder meetings to draft a proposed rule around a federal Injury and Illness prevention Program. Based on recent comments by OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels the department is looking to encourage businesses to proactively identify and correct hazards. OSHA will be conducting a series of stake holder meetings in June to solicit input on a draft rule. They have published some information at http://www.dol.gov/federalregister/HtmlDisplay.aspx?DocId=23834&AgencyId=17.
This is not the first time that OSHA has gone down this path, the most recent attempt to create a Federal Injury and Illness Prevention Standard was tabled in August of 2002. However with the current administration it appears more likely that the standard will move forward this time.
How it will affect KPA clients remains to be seen, but with KPA’s current program modeled after the California IIPP rules; it is likely that a current KPA client will exceed compliance with few program adjustments. California has required business with more than 10 employees to have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program since 1991.
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