December 2, 2014 at 05:41 PM
The Obama administration's decision to delay by more than a year and also shelf as a leading priority OSHA's efforts to put together a highly complex rule aimed at reducing the risk of catastrophic combustible dust accidents in workplaces has occupational safety advocates livid, with some labor organizers saying fiscal policymakers should have set aside more resources to ensure the politically dicey new regulations would get done before Obama leaves office.