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OSHA, meanwhile, is still raising awareness about the importance of fall prevention. Just weeks after issuing the proposed rule, OSHA celebrated DOL's National Safety Stand-Down and highlighted the high number of fall deaths. "These deaths are preventable," stressed OSHA. https://t.co/NAtgFaKQHh

The most surprising critic is 3M, the manufacturing conglomerate and member of the ACC. 3M said the petition used "significantly overstated" estimates that have “no reasonable relationship to actual market pricing” https://t.co/mp6MlX41vj

Safety professionals also criticized OSHA for ignoring decades of research on ladder cages compared to safety systems. “In the chance occurrence that a cage did arrest a fall by a worker getting caught by the cage, serious injury or death could occur.” https://t.co/RyxIeVdkX6

In fact, the USW believes the rule could have saved the life of David Roy, a USW member who died after having a heart attack and falling from a ladder at a DOW Chemical Plant in 2014. DOW is a member of the American Chemical Council, one of the groups pushing for the roll back. https://t.co/RyPg1giIgk

“It’s a step backward for protecting workers from falls,” said Travis Parsons of LIUNA's health and safety fund. "The administration is putting business interests in front of worker safety.” The USW, AFSCME, and others echoed this sentiment in public comments. https://t.co/5gzhwOCu6K