November 10, 2010 at 11:42 PM
A key group representing the electric industry has mounted a legal challenge to provisions of OSHA's final rule on crane and derrick safety, arguing that requirements to certify operators of digger derricks do not fit with the spirit of the law and also protesting a provision that makes utilities de-energize power lines whenever non-utility workers are operating near them. Edison Electric Institute filed a petition for review of the recently issued final rule in U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, a spokesman for the organization said, adding that it has received a 60-day extension to