OSHA Directive Formalizes Policy To Keep Families Apprised On Probes After Worker Deaths

OSHA has come out with a formal policy for how to communicate with victims' families after a workplace fatality, codifying what one source describes as a longtime stance of the agency to become more proactive in such exchanges but without revealing information that could jeopardize the legal underpinnings of any potential citations against the employer. The policy also reflects some of the priorities that OSHA supporters have been trying to push on Capitol Hill to provide more deference to victims' rights. A new OSHA directive unveiled Tuesday (April 17) guides OSHA representatives in communic