The House workforce protections subcommittee will likely hold a hearing on OSHA’s plans, now temporarily pulled, to restore a column for musculoskeletal disorders to injury and illness recordkeeping logs, the panel’s new chairman told Inside OSHA Online in an exclusive interview Wednesday. The hearing could be combined with an inquiry into OSHA's noise control plans, the lawmaker said. “We probably will have a hearing and ask ‘Why? What was the purpose for considering this and where are you going to go from here?’” said Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), who took over as subcommittee chairman this month
December 30, 2025