For the second time in less than three months, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is pressing EPA to prioritize hydrofluoric acid (HF) for TSCA evaluation, and to also boost inspections of facilities that work with the chemical, following the board’s investigation of a Wisconsin refinery explosion.
November 15, 2026
As an influential OSHA advisory panel prepares to meet Jan. 10, the agency is seeking nominees for six seats on its National Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH), opening a fresh round of nominations even as the agency has yet to announce selections for another four terms set to expire in less than two weeks.
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The just-released fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill includes a $20 million funding increase for OSHA, with nearly all of its programs in line to receive at least a small boost, though the overall increase is far below the nearly $90 million the Biden administration sought.
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OSHA is citing Amazon for 14 alleged recordkeeping and reporting violations as part of its high-profile investigation into reported safety issues at the retail giant’s warehouses -- the first public action it has taken since the Justice Department (DOJ) became involved in the inquiry, which the agency says is “ongoing” and could produce more citations.
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OSHA’s advisors are floating several areas where they could urge the agency to take a broad approach in its upcoming heat danger standard, such as by tailoring protections for a wide range of job conditions and expanding the list of health risks the rule could address.
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The Senate has confirmed former EPA chemicals chief Steve Owens as chairman of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) and former California utility regulator Catherine J.K. Sandoval as the panel’s third member, moving it a step closer to full strength after years of shorthanded operations.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is saying an administrative law judge (ALJ) was wrong to assume OSHA’s preferred method to abate workplace violence at a Colorado healthcare facility was “feasible” without reports from the company, reinforcing what the panel says is a high bar to make an adverse inference based on lack of financial data.
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The White House is preparing to hold the first in a series of stakeholder meetings on EPA’s precedent-setting draft TSCA risk management rule for the solvent methylene chloride, with labor unions and a key industry group in line to make their cases for a strict or lenient approach before the agency releases a formal proposal next year.
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OSHA has sent its long-term COVID-19 safety standard for healthcare facilities to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, moving the rule to the final stage of its administrative process after months of delay -- though the timeline for final action remains unclear at best.
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OSHA is touting its latest in a series of enforcement actions against Dollar General over allegations of widespread unsafe conditions, such as faulty emergency exits at the retailer’s stores, even after the agency agreed to drop a court action designed to enforce what it said was an “informal settlement” stemming from an earlier round of citations.
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