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US Department of Labor News Release: US DOL Fall Protection Directive Upheld in US Court of Appeals

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April 18, 2011
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected a challenge by the National Roofing Contractors Association to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?s December 2010 directive on the use of fall protection in residential construction. The directive withdrew an earlier one that allowed certain residential construction employers to bypass some fall protection requirements.