OSHA Official: Agency Close To Finishing Final Rule Modifying SHARP Site Policy

OSHA is in the final stages of drafting a rule on potential changes to its inspections policies for Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) sites, and still hopes to publish the final rule in September, an agency official told Inside OSHA Online. Stakeholders have been anxiously awaiting to see if OSHA will back off its controversial proposal to make it easier to inspect such sites, a proposed shift strongly opposed by industry. “We are currently in the final stages of making policy determinations and drafting the final rule taking into consideration the comments which were r