The 4th Circuit is upholding a lower court’s dismissal of South Carolina’s challenge to an OSHA rule requiring states to match annual increases to federal OSH Act penalties, finding South Carolina’s arguments seeking to reinstate the litigation “hold no water.”
September 16, 2026
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is commending the American Petroleum Institute (API) for quickly updating its safety standards beyond what the board recommended to address flammable gas even as OSHA and EPA have yet to act on repeated CSB advice to expand federal standards in a similar manner.
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EPA is finalizing a rule to align its hazardous chemical inventory reporting rules under an environmental right-to-know law with OSHA’s hazard categories, which EPA says will improve first responder and community safety.
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An administrative law judge’s (ALJ) recent upholding of OSHA penalties against a lumber company totaling nearly $2.5 million illustrates the need for employers to have written safety procedures, adequate training for employees and a top-down management commitment to safety, attorneys with a focus on OSHA compliance say.
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A Texas-based energy infrastructure company is challenging the constitutionality of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), becoming the latest entity seeking to apply a 2024 Supreme Court ruling requiring jury trials to resolve OSHA citations.
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EPA has preliminarily identified three conditions of use (COUs) of a wildly used flame retardant known TBBPA that pose unreasonable risks to workers, which if finalized could set first-time occupational limits for a chemical that OSHA has not regulated.
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The D.C. Circuit has upheld an OSHA citation against an oil and gas drilling specialty contractor after a fatal 2022 incident, rejecting the company’s arguments that the agency erred in issuing the citation, including claims that the OSH Act General Duty Clause is too vague.
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Colorado has expanded its heat standard covering agricultural workers to include both hot and cold temperature extremes and all other types of workers, potentially increasing pressure on OSHA to finalize its long-pending heat standard or encouraging other states to take similar action in the absence of a federal rule.
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OSHA and a broad coalition of employers are asking a federal district court to rule on the coalition’s challenge to the Biden-era walkaround rule without holding oral argument, noting the case has been pending for over two years and has been fully briefed since Oct. 2, 2024.
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The House Appropriations Committee is making cuts to OSHA’s fiscal year 2027 budget that go beyond President Trump’s requested reductions to the agency, removing an additional $5.48 million on top of the $46.9 million reductions the White House requested from FY26-enacted levels.
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