OSHA Releases New Rules on Respirators, Construction Illumination, and the General Duty Clause

On July 1, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a batch of 23 newly proposed regulations. The majority of the proposals focus on better alignment with OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standards, while also removing the medical evaluation requirements for filtering facepiece respirators and loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators. Many of...