OSHA Revised Workplace Violence Directive After States Aired Concerns, Source Says

OSHA revised an earlier version of its newly issued workplace violence directive just days after state plans expressed concerns about the federal agency's bid to require that states carry out the instruction using the general duty clause, a state source told Inside OSHA Online. The concerns expressed to OSHA, and the agency's subsequent change in stance, are the latest developments in a longstanding tug-of-war over the imposition of federal requirements on the states. The final workplace violence directive, issued Thursday (Sept. 8), encourages state plans to adopt the instruction under whatev