OSHA is rejecting aspects of the Labor Department (DOL) Office of Inspector General's (OIG) calls to bolster its severe injury reporting program to ensure employers report severe injuries and abate hazards, arguing that the burden of accurate reporting lies with employers, which are not required to prove hazards have been abated, and that existing agency guidance is adequate.
November 15, 2026
Labor and public interest groups have delivered more more than 61,000 signatures to OSHA backing their petition lodged this summer urging the agency to craft a federal standard protecting workers from exposure to excessive heat, citing risks to workers responding to Hurricane Florence and other extreme weather events spurred by climate change.
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OSHA is urging a federal court to reject a public interest group's request for preliminary injunction to compel the Trump administration to implement delayed requirements of an Obama-era worker injury and illness reporting rule, arguing that its delay is reasonable and that the plaintiffs have not met the test for winning such an injunction.
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