Lawyer: OSHA Sharpens Focus on Metals Industry

摘要

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is getting tough on hazards in the primary metals industries, and this means just about any plant that extracts or refines metals like iron, lead, nickel or tin could face multiple OSHA inspections, says Joseph P. Paranac Jr., attorney with the firm of LesClairRyan, Newark, N.J. "This extraordinary level of scrutiny comes in the wake of what OSHA has described as serious and frequent safety problems in the sector," says the veteran OSHA defense attorney. "OSHA's National Emphasis Program for the Primary Metals Industries will be a big change for employers."