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OSHA Floats Revisions To 2016 Rule For Staircase Falling Safeguards


May 19, 2021 at 05:10 PM
OSHA is proposing a second set of revisions to its 2016 fall-prevention standard to address what it says were unclear provisions and typographical errors in the Obama-era rule governing elevated “walking-working surfaces,” including a formatting mistake that left out key language on guardrails for staircases.

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