OSHA Opens Probe As Animal Activists Cite General Duty Clause Against Whale Theme Park

OSHA has opened an investigation, officials confirmed, after a California-based animal rights group filed a lengthy complaint against Miami Seaquarium citing the general duty clause and making allegations similar those OSHA cited against SeaWorld in a controversial exercise of the general duty clause that was recently upheld in court -- drawing immediate backlash from industry advocates who called out what they consider “abuse” of the broad-encompassing section of law and a slippery slope established by the SeaWorld case.