OSHA has proposed removing a major compliance deadline on fixed ladder safety – a change that could save employers billions in avoided costs. The agency published a proposed rule on April 6, 2026, ...

This Monday, April 6, 206, OSHA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to eliminate a compliance deadline to install personal fall arrest/ladder safety systems on fixed ladders over 24 feet tall (i.e.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker wearing safety equipment as he climbs an industrial emergency ladder. (Getty Images) This story was originally published ...