OSHA Rulemaking Is a Slow Process

SACRAMENTO - STEEL ERECTION: Fed-OSHA's first effort at "negotiated rulemaking" came with establishment of the steel erection advisory committee. That was some time ago. The members met a number of times before agreeing on a new steel erection fall protection standard for subpart R of CFR 1926, with thresholds set at 15 and 30 feet.In December 1995, OSHA announced the new, more comprehensive standard. In an editorial headed "Too Much Delay Already," Engineering News-Record stated that, in spite of