STATES WILL CUT WORKPLACE SAFETY inspections if the federal government shutdown continues, legal observers and one state agency said.
- Since September, states haven’t received money from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which normally provides up to 50% of funding to each of 29 state and territorial workplace safety programs. The halt has prompted North Carolina to warn recently it could soon reduce safety inspections in the state.
- Larger state programs like those in North Carolina, California, and Washington can tap state coffers for a little longer, said Kevin Beauregard, who previously led North Carolina’s OSH division as deputy ...