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OSHA Compliance Gets a Little Easier
 OSHA will withdraw an interim enforcement policy on fall protection for certain residential construction activities, a move that NAHB asked the agency to consider as of last year.
In April of 2008, NAHB requested that OSHA rescind this policy because it had created confusion in the residential construction industry over what fall protection methods and systems needed to be used to comply with OSHA standards. Specifically, NAHB noted that it was extremely difficult for builders and trade contractors to locate, review and comprehend all of the information they needed to be in compliance.
In a statement following OSHA's latest decision, NAHB commended the agency "for taking this step to protect workers and for recognizing NAHB's assertion that due to advances in fall protection equipment technology and construction methods, at this time the best action is to reevaluate this directive." While home builders should be aware that the compliance enforcement policy will be changing, they are of course still encouraged to implement fall protection methods and systems on a continuous basis.
Read more in NBN Online, or e-mail Rob Matuga, 800-368-5242x 8507.
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