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OSHA Urges Court To Reject South Carolina Suit Over OSH Act Penalty Hikes


September 27, 2022 at 05:22 PM
OSHA is asking a federal district court to reject South Carolina’s suit that would block the agency’s years-old requirement for states to match its annual increases to maximum OSH Act penalties, saying that the Palmetto State’s claims are both legally flawed and premature because it has made no formal move to enforce the rule.

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