OSHA Pressed To Issue Fuel Gas Standard As It Opts For Enforcement Approach

Lawmakers intensified their push for OSHA to take immediate regulatory steps to address workplace safety in the fuel gas industry as a stopgap while the agency potentially tackles the longer process of a final standard, following the agency's decision to issue one of its largest-ever fines and send out letters to the industry warning of enforcement activity instead of pursuing a regulation. OSHA chief David Michaels indicated Aug. 5 the agency was not planning to pursue an emergency temporary standard for fuel gas safety but agreed with a Chemical Safety Board (CSB) report calling for renewed