OSHA eliminates a residential construction requirement
OSHA is eliminating a construction industry requirement that it says will “lessen the compliance burden of employers without jeopardizing the safety of employees.”
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 14, the agency says employers will no longer have to post maximum safe-load limits of floors in storage areas when constructing single-family dwellings or wood-framed multi-family structures. OSHA said posting safe-load limits is unnecessary in residential construction “because employers do not place heavy materials in storage areas above floor or slab on grade.”