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Attention Subscribers: Announcing The New Inside OSHA Online

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Inside Washington Publishers is proud to announce the launch early next month of a brand new Inside OSHA -- an exciting transformation from print newsletter every other week to online news service every business day. Beginning in early September subscribers to Inside OSHA will be able to -- at no extra cost -- access news stories, blog posts and documents online every day and get via email a weekly e-letter of everything Inside OSHA's award-winning editors are publishing. The new product will be Inside OSHA Online.

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OSHA Fails To Find 'Bad Actors' In Recordkeeping NEP, Puts Program On Hold

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OSHA has temporarily suspended federal inspection activity focused on employer under-recording and is now seeking additional targeting criteria, amid reports from sources that the agency has not found significant problems through a pilot enforcement program targeting the issue. OSHA sources and other stakeholders told Inside OSHA that the agency has not found the number or degree of violations it had expected to uncover through the program.

OSHA Reaffirms Anti-Preemption Stance In Cranes Rule

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OSHA attached language to its final rule on cranes and derricks formalizing its stance that the regulations do not supersede state and local laws and ordinances as long as those codes meet or exceed federal standards. The issue of preemption arose in a recent court case, in which a steel industry group is seeking to have New York City building codes thrown out on the basis of OSH Act preemption -- a claim that prodded the Labor Department to wade into the dispute. The Labor Department has filed an amicus brief in that case (see Inside OSHA, April 26).

GAO Begins Probe Into Whether Safety Incentive Programs Distort Reporting

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The Government Accountability Office is gearing up to probe whether employer incentive programs discourage workers from reporting and affect the accuracy of injury and illness data, following up on a report it conducted last fall and in response to a request from lawmakers.

Industry Against 'One Size Fits All' Approach To Cranes Regulation

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Industry stakeholders say OSHA has devised too uniform a standard in the agency's sweeping new regulations on safe operations of cranes and derricks, contending the final rule does not fully take into account the diversity of construction activities. OSHA published the regulation July 28, unveiling a major overhaul of the nearly 40-year-old crane rule to address technology advances and longstanding safety concerns.

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