OSHA
10/30/2009 6:13:33 PM EST
US DOL Assistant Secretary Testifies On OSHA Programs
Washington, DC (CompNewsNetwork) - Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), today told a Congressional committee that the serious shortcomings discovered during his agency's evaluation of the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration's safety program raised concerns about federal OSHA's monitoring of all state plan states.
Barab said in testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor that, as a result of deficiencies found in Nevada OSHA's program and this administration's goal to move from reaction to prevention, federal OSHA will implement a number of changes to strengthen the oversight, monitoring and evaluation of all state programs …[read more]
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