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Steelworkers Weigh Petitioning OSHA To Eliminate PSM Retail Exemption


October 4, 2016 at 04:58 PM
United Steelworkers (USW) is weighing a petition urging OSHA to eliminate an exemption from its facility worker safety rule after an appeals court ruling striking down the agency's 2015 memo narrowing the exemption, arguing the ruling leaves workers at risk and will slow agency efforts to address hazards at retail and other facilities.

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