Both Sides In Capitol Hill Brawl Over I2P2 Invoke Cal/OSHA Program Rule Study

Republican critics of OSHA's planned injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) rule and Democratic supporters of the effort are both pointing to a sweeping report on the impact of such programs at workplaces in California to draw competing assessments of such initiatives. Congressional skeptics of federal OSHA's plan say the study, by the RAND Corp., points broadly to ineffectiveness of I2P2 efforts in California, but backers of the planned rule say the report shows the programs work if adequately enforced. The RAND study's lead author tells Inside OSHA Online the report shows “under certai