Safety Group Urges OSHA To Enforce Fall Protection Over 6 Feet In Face Of New Ariz. Law

A key safety group is urging OSHA to ensure that Arizona's state OSHA plan rolls out the new federal policy tightening conventional fall protection requirements in residential construction over 6 feet, despite a new state law directing Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH) to enforce a standard at 15 feet. The law's passage could set up jurisdictional issues and a dispute over whether the Arizona program meets the test of “at least as effective” as federal OSHA at a time when stakeholders are debating how to define that standard generally. While OSHA's policy, announced a