April 21, 2022, OSHA proposed a reconsideration and revocation of Arizona’s final approval status granted on June 20, 1985.

OSHA aims to ensure that private sector employees in Arizona are receiving protections afforded to employees covered by Federal OSHA.New Paragraph

Excerpt of OSHA’s proposal summary

A tumultuous state can highlight gaps in governance and judgement. While we look to align the goals of Federal and State regulatory practices, we must identify new opportunities in lock step.

While this motion speaks to Arizona’s status, there are many states that have succumb to huge grants with costly mismanagement. Noting a degradation in CDC policy towards care standards also plays a poignant role.

All this is completely understandable during times of upheaval, especially in a rapidly changing landscape of enterprise and logistics.

OSHA has maintained its PPE procurement and management duties in a standard interpretation from 1985 that states:

“"The head of each agency shall acquire, maintain, and require the use of approved personal protective equipment, approved safety equipment, and other devices necessary to protect employees."“

OSHA’s standard interpretation of PPE regulation and compliance management

This can be a dauting task for many professional roles that during scarcity may have been called upon to research, source, partner, and procure PPE which they had never done before.

A task that requires specific attention to all aspects of safety design and personnel adoption.

OSHA reminds, “All personal protective equipment should be safely designed and constructed, and should be maintained in a clean and reliable fashion. It should fit comfortably, encouraging worker use.”New Paragraph

OSHA PPE directives

As companies and organizations began to adopt more lean solutions to personnel, the onus to address protection became heavier.

In order for Arizona and everyone else to come back to a mindful focus that proves far more feasible than the wild-wild-west approach to PPE acquisitions and compromises seen in the past few years, procurement officials and agency leads should look to innovation.

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Our product allows for quick, easy, unassisted donning and doffing.

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The opportunity is here, and the time is now.