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OSHA Announces Limited Reopening of Personal Protective Equipment Rulemaking Record U.S. Newswire
The agency is seeking comments on issues that relate to whether or how a general rule on payment for PPE should address types of personal protective equipment that are typically supplied by the employee, taken from job site to job site or from employer to employer, and considered to be 'tools of the trade.'

The provisions in current OSHA standards that require PPE usually state that the employer is to provide or ensure the use of PPE. Certain provisions specify that the employer is to provide PPE at no cost to the employee; others suggest that the PPE is owned by the employee, while other provisions are silent as to who is obligated to pay for this equipment.

OSHA Grants Temporary Stay-of-Execution to PPE Standard ... At Least Until After Hispanic Summit Confined Space
The hearings were relatively short, the comments relatively few and serious opposition almost non-existent. As the letter from the United Food and Commercial Workers and other unions UFCW petition to OSHA stated:

The rulemaking record overwhelmingly supported OSHA's determination that a rule was needed to clarify this issue and protect workers from the risks posed by their employer's failure to pay for protective equipment.

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