A recent decision from an Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission administrative law judge (ALJ) that vacated citations against a company operating a marine terminal in North Carolina provides additional clarity on statute of limitations arguments, even though the citations were overturned on other grounds, legal experts say.
November 15, 2026
A new survey conducted by the National Safety Council (NSC) has found a strong connection between Long COVID symptoms and workplace injuries, prompting the organization to outline ways of mitigating the risks associated with the condition that can increase harms to workers.
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A court-appointed amicus curiae is urging the D.C. Circuit to reject the Labor Department’s (DOL) efforts to reverse several decisions from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) that spurned the DOL secretary’s changes to health and safety citations in enforcement settlements with mining companies.
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OSHA is weighing whether to seek rehearing of an 8th Circuit ruling that found the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) preempts OSHA from regulating worker safety around railcars, telling the court the decision “raises significant and complex issues concerning the respective responsibility of OSHA” and FRA.
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The D.C. Circuit’s recent ruling that presidents can remove at will members of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) lays the groundwork for a potential similar ruling regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), experts say.
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OSHA is confirming in a new Federal Register notice that Tennessee OSHA (TOSHA) has assumed authority over worker safety and health of non-federal employees performing work at former Energy Department (DOE) facilities in the state, adding new details to a pair of OSHA-DOE agreements on transferring such authority.
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Two recent press releases highlight the Trump OSHA’s focus on publicizing preventable harms to workers, noting citations and fines to companies that repeatedly, and in one case willfully, failed to protect workers, even as some observers expect such releases, viewed by critics as “regulation by shaming,” to become even less common.
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A federal district court judge is ordering the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce within 10 days an administrative record explaining its decision earlier this year to essentially shut down a key federal workplace-safety agency, saying HHS has to date produced nothing that explains its actions.
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The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has amended regulations governing its operations, organization and management in order to improve their function, better reflect CSB’s mission and clarify procedures involving public meetings, according to a recent Federal Register notice.
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A Louisiana-based oil and gas drilling specialty contractor is asking the D.C. Circuit to vacate an OSHA citation stemming from a 2022 accident where a pipe ruptured at a gas well in South Texas, arguing that an accident, by itself, is not enough to establish a violation of the General Duty Clause.
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