OSHA Works On Fact Sheets To Promote Prevention Through Design, With NIOSH Help

OSHA and NIOSH are working on several prevention through design (PTD) fact sheets developed by a stakeholder construction alliance, with plans to issue the material as official agency documents, safety advocates say. Sources note that the documents would not be compulsory on their own, and legal barriers remain with respect to OSHA's jurisdiction over building design. Organized labor has expressed interest in exploring changes to the OSH Act to address the issue. Two of the open questions on making PTD part of normal U.S. design process are whether the U.S. needs to make regulatory changes to