The Trump administration might be moving to let teenagers work in health-care jobs that involve “hazardous” machine-operated patient lifts, without relying on updated scientific research about the risks, dozens of House Democrats say.
“We are unaware of any formal review by” the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on this proposed rule, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and 46 other Democrats said in an Aug. 1 letter to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney. The lawmakers said it “would be premature to issue a proposed rule” without getting “formal NIOSH review of current ...
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