Just in time to win this year's Safety Irony Award, the Philidelphia City Council passed a bill this week that calls for the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections to develop rules for the "USE OR REMOVAL" of the bullet-proof barriers by January of 2021.  This news came on the heels of OSHA's announcement this week that "Workplace violence injuries increased by 23 percent, making it the second most common cause of workplace fatality."  

The original bill actually required the removal of the bullet-proof barriers in the "beer delis" or as some call them "stop and go's".  What is so ironic is that OSHA's Publication OSHA 3153-12R 2009, Recommendations for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in Late-Night Retail Establishments actually says...

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