OSHA Blasts Out Explosives Paperwork Update: Feedback Wanted on Boom Regulations
Published Date: 1/23/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants to keep blasting operations safe by updating how they collect info about using explosives. This affects companies that do blasting work, asking them to share some details so OSHA can keep everyone protected. They’re asking for public feedback soon, and no big costs or delays are expected.
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Blasting firms face new info collection
If your company performs blasting or uses explosives, OSHA is asking you to provide information about blasting operations as part of an information-collection request being submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OSHA says the information helps keep workers and the public safe, and the agency is inviting public comments; the notice says no big costs or delays are expected.
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