May 10, 2011 at 07:57 PM
Some worker health and safety professionals are reiterating a long-held view that OSHA should explore the possibility of developing a third-party workplace review program as one way to bolster voluntary protection programs (VPP), an idea that is being floated again in the face of potential agency budget cuts as Congress looks to trim federal agencies. Under the concept being pushed, which has been most recently offered by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), OSHA would recognize up-front certain types of third-party experts, such as industrial hygienists, who would become certif