Stakeholders Closely Eye OSHA Enforcement Policies, NEPs As Regulatory Push Slows

OSHA stakeholders are turning their attention to the agency's reinvigorated enforcement efforts and the increasing profile of its National Emphasis Programs (NEPs) -- especially as they apply to testy issues such as ergonomics -- and other administrative policies within OSHA as the agency enters 2012 with a more tightly constrained regulatory agenda. Sources say OSHA is doing what it can internally to address areas it considers crucial, as the administration and Congress effectively slow new rulemaking efforts on safety and health issues. As OSHA has grown more circumspect in recent months abo