OSHA to withdraw its proposal to reconsider, revoke Arizona’s State Plan

OSHA plans to withdraw its proposal to reconsider and revoke Arizona’s State Plan for occupational safety and health, which will leave the state’s plan in place. Recent measures taken by Arizona led to OSHA’s decision:

• Adopting outstanding federal standards and directives,
• Enacting state laws to ensure the state’s future maximum and minimum penalty levels align with OSHA federal levels, and
• Authorizing adoption of an emergency temporary standard when either OSHA or the Industrial Commission of Arizona determines that grave danger criteria are met.

OSHA says it is actively working with the Arizona State Plan to address other state-plan concerns that were not part of its original withdrawal proposal.