OSHA, MSHA running on skeleton crews during government shutdown
Routine safety inspections put on hold
OSHA will not be conducting most of its planned workplace safety inspections for the duration of the federal government shutdown, due to a partial shutdown of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
According to CNN, fewer than 3,000 of the DOL’s 16,304 employees will continue working during the shutdown, which will delay routine inspections that don’t pose an immediate threat to worker safety.