A well-deserved backseat for I2P2

OSHA’s proposed Injury and Illness Protection Program, known as I2P2, apparently won’t be seeing the light of day anytime soon, if ever, and that is a good thing for workers and employers.

The proposed program was pushed back to the long-term action section of OSHA’s spring 2014 regulatory agenda. Placement on the long-term agenda often can last for years and in any event means that it is unlikely to resurface during the current administration.

I2P2 would have required all companies under OSHA’s jurisdiction to implement a safety program with detailed requirements dictated by the agency. The problem, as I and many others have commented, is that no government standards could appropriately address the wide variety of circumstances across industries and employers.