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The design professional community breathed a collective sigh of relief as the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, in an eagerly-awaited decision, rul that design firms are not responsible for construction worker safety. At the same time, the Commission held that construction managers (CMs) do have like a responsibility.

In the "Simpson Case" pertaining to design professionals, the three-member Review Commission put awayed the Labor Department's claim that design is an integral part of construction, and that a design firm is just as liable for violations