Cites “muddled guidance, inaccurate data, and regional inconsistencies
OSHA Deputy Jordan Barab testified on VPP on Capitol Hill in June. He referred to an internal OSHA report on VPP that had been submitted to OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels in November, 2011. That internal document was just made public this week by OSHA, with no explanation for the nine-month gap between receiving the report and making it public.
The report recommends that OSHA overhaul its policies for responding to serious accidents at these sites. Regional officials should thoroughly re-evaluate sites that have such problems, the report said, and they should have broader authority to kick out problem workplaces. The agency also should suspend sites while investigations are ongoing, the report recommended, according to Bloomberg News.