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Employers must pay cost of safety gear

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah

Safety Engineers will tell you that this is Standard Practice in most other Western countries - why the delay in the US ?

WASHINGTON - Employers will have to pay the full cost for almost all personal safety equipment used by their workers, the Labor Department said Wednesday, a move advocates say will prevents thousands of on-the-job injuries.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule, proposed in 1999 but never adopted in final form until now, would require employers to pay for personal protective equipment, or PPE, like protective clothing and other gear.

The rule takes effect in six months.

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