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OSHA Memo: New Inspection Weighting System Targets General Duty Situations


October 5, 2015 at 05:06 PM
OSHA's new inspection weighting system, which assigns numerical values to different types of inspections in an effort to better allocate tight enforcement resources, partly aims to help field staff devote time to probes in areas lacking specific OSHA standards, such as ergonomics, according to an internal agency memo obtained by Inside OSHA Online.

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