October 4, 2011 at 07:26 PM
House Republicans are stepping up their efforts to slow down OSHA's regulatory and policy agendas by attaching riders to their version of the fiscal 2012 Labor Department spending bill that would block the agency from: issuing an injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) rule; adding a column for musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) to OSHA recordkeeping logs; and implementing a new, stricter residential fall protection policy. Sources told Inside OSHA Online that the riders are expected to be brought up Wednesday at a hearing by the House workforce protections subcommittee, which says it is exp