The U.S. Dept. of Labor is moving to revoke Arizona’s occupational health and safety plan and bring the state under federal standards as it says the state’s own standards have fallen short of federal requirements in a "pattern of failures."

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration says it will publish a拟议的规则in the Federal Register on April 21 to begin the process of revoking its approval of Arizona’s state plan.

联邦机构在一份声明中说：“ OSHA越来越担心亚利桑那州OSHA计划的行动表明，该州无法或不愿意保持其承诺按照《 OSH法》的要求提供工人安全和健康保护计划。”。

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, states may develop and run their own job safety programs with the approval of OSHA. State plans must be at least as effective as OSHA’s own requirements in protecting workers to qualify. The agency says 21 states and Puerto Rico have their own plans covering both private sector and government workers, and another five states plus the U.S. Virgin Islands have plans covering just government workers. The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH), under the Industrial Commission of Arizona, is responsible for administering its state plan. OSHA granted Arizona initial approval for its plan in 1974 and final approval in 1985.

The Industrial Commission of Arizona “strongly disagrees with OSHA’s decision to reconsider approval,” Trevor Laky, a commission spokesperson, said in a statement. He said that Arizona always has and will continue to implement standards in accordance with the state plan and Arizona law.

“This reconsideration of Arizona’s state plan status is a serious overreaction by OSHA,” Laky said.

亚利桑那州立建筑和建筑贸易委员会发言人布兰迪·德夫林（Brandi Devlin）在一份声明中说，劳动力集团“称赞DOL和OSHA的任何行动，以保护其Joarneypersons and Actorness in Jobses上。”

OSHAsays it became concerned with the Arizona plan in 2012 when state lawmakers passed a bill to implement residential construction fall protections “that were clearly less effective than the federal requirements,” requiring protection for workers starting at 15 ft up, compared to 6 ft under federal standards, officials wrote in the Federal Register. OSHA moved to revoke Arizona’s plan in 2014 as a result, but the state brought its plan into compliance and OSHA withdrew its proposal.

However, OSHA officials say Arizona has been delinquent in adopting other standards into its state plan since 2015. The state’s penalty levels have also fallen behind federal standards, which are tied by law to the Consumer Price Index.

去年，当亚利桑那州未能采用医疗保健行业紧急临时标准（ETS），在OSHA发布了自己的医疗保健ETS之后，诸如未接种工人的要求之类的要求之后，联邦监管机构的破裂点可能是去年发生的。去年10月，劳工部官员威胁要撤销来自亚利桑那州，犹他州和南卡罗来纳州的OSHA计划，因为他们不采用与联邦标准一致的ETS版本。当时，亚利桑那州州长道格·杜西（Doug Ducey）称这一举动为“政治特技和绝望的权力夺取”，因为该州参与公开投入作为规则制定过程的一部分。但是，OSHA说，亚利桑那州从未采用任何相关标准。

杜西在10月份的声明中说：“没有战斗，我们将不允许这样做。”

OSHAsays it will take comments on its proposal through May 26. It may also hold an online hearing Aug. 16. Anyone interested in testifying or questioning witnesses during the hearing must submit notice by May 11. OSHA will then consider comments for 35 days before publishing in the Federal Register its decision on whether it will revoke the state plan. Instructions for submitting comments or participating in the hearing can be found in theFederal Register.