Making the List: Participation in OSHA Inspections Debated

Who’s allowed to accompany an OSHA inspector during workplace safety inspections still remains murky more than four years after an agency official issued a letter that seemed to expand the list to include non-employees.

A committee debated who qualifies at a March 9 session of the Midwinter Meeting of the ABA Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee in Jupiter, Fla.

The issue continues to appear in court more than four years after Richard E. Fairfax, then deputy assistant OSHA secretary, issued a letter in February 2013 that seemed to expand the list of those who may accompany an ...