During the 109th Congress, significant progress was made in improving the Office of the General Counsel’s (OGC) occupational safety and health (OSH) inspection and hazard abatement program. Implementing objectives in the Office of Compliance (OOC) Strategic Plan, the OGC revised its inspection procedures, substantially expanded the scope and thoroughness of its inspections, and initiated precedent setting litigation to secure compliance with a long-standing Citation concerning serious life threatening hazards present in the U.S. Capitol Power Plant utility tunnels.
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