Labor Watchdog Dings OSHA for Virus Response, Enforcement (1)

The U.S. government’s principal workplace safety agency can’t show that its inspection policies and regulations were effective in combating workplace Covid-19 infections, according to a new report from the U.S. Labor Department’s inspector general.

“There is an increased risk that OSHA has not been providing the level of protection that workers need at various job sites,” the Office of Inspector General said in the report released Tuesday.

The report comes out as the embattled Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expected to issue an emergency temporary standard for Covid-19 by March 15 and Congress is close to passing a virus ...