The long journey

In my last post, I quoted safety and health experts who suggested how they would speed up OSHA’s rulemaking process. Just how long, complicated and bureaucratic can the standard-setting process be?

This much:

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Source: “Multiple Challenges Lengthen OSHA’s Standard Setting,” Government Accountability Office (.pdf file)

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