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Witnesses tell subcommittee NIOSH staffing cuts risk worker protections
Summary
Former OSHA official and lawmakers told the House subcommittee that recent reductions-in-force at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have disrupted surveillance, research and specialized programs that protect miners, firefighters and other workers.
Witnesses at the House Education and Labor subcommittee warned that recent reductions-in-force at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have curtailed critical surveillance and research programs, jeopardizing preventive work that supports OSHA and other safety efforts.
Jordan Barab, former deputy assistant secretary at OSHA, said nearly the entire NIOSH workforce was placed on leave in April and that “hundreds of working scientists and engineers at NIOSH have been riffed.” He described…
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