October 14, 2011 at 09:42 PM
OSHA says new guidelines developed by an organization of state health officials on providing referrals on possible job site hazards to federal OSHA will be useful in identifying hazards to “underserved” workers, and says it provided input as the guidelines were crafted. The group drafted the guidelines following meetings OSHA held last year with state and local regulators to discuss ways to leverage each others' worker safety efforts. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists approved the document, which a subcommittee of the group developed over the last several months to address c