State Plans Resist OSHA Bid To Keep Some Small Sites Out Of SHARP

States are chafing against a quietly issued federal OSHA mandate that has the effect of precluding some small work sites from participating in the agency's small business on-site consultation program -- and the temporary exemptions from programmed inspections that go along with it -- if they employ more than 250 people, or fall under that cap but are owned by larger companies that meet or exceed 500 people in total employment.