OSHA, Labor Groups Look To Environmental Laws To Boost Worker Safety

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), along with key labor and worker safety groups, are increasingly looking to use EPA's environmental statutes to bolster occupational safety, including the proposal of worker protection measures as key provisions in bills to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Activists concur that the environmental laws could provide a boost to OSHA's efforts, and say EPA rules -- including reporting regulations on chemical production -- could also boost OSHA's worker safety efforts. The trend could also intensify labor groups' growing role