Top OSHA officials said that the small business review process for the agency’s planned injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) rule will not begin until at least this Labor Day, with one official saying the agency is still putting together alternative “options” to present to employer representatives. Worker safety advocates blame election-year politics for protracted delays in moving the controversial initiative forward and suggest the Obama administration has missed a key opportunity to promulgate the rule. OSHA’s acknowledgment that the rule has been postponed came as stakeholders met
December 29, 2025