January 7, 2011 at 11:21 PM
OSHA has ramped up efforts to develop a combustible dust standard, and unveiled plans to issue several final rules in 2011 -- including a regulation on confined spaces in construction and the long-awaited hazard communication rules to conform with the globally harmonized system -- in its latest regulatory agenda. The agency further says it expects to restore a column for musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) on the Form 300 recordkeeping log starting in January 2012, after getting clearance from the Office of Management and Budget. The agency is embarking on its regulatory plans as the new GOP-led H