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Safety Advocacy Group Calls For Fatal Accident Inquiries To Spur OSH Regs, Enforcement


June 30, 2014 at 10:15 PM
A key advocacy group in Washington is calling on state and local entities to consider legislation mandating accident inquiries following worker deaths that would mirror coroner's inquests held in British countries when the circumstances surrounding fatalities are unclear -- changes the group says could lead to informed recommendations to occupational safety and health officials to increase protections based on individual case outcomes.

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