September 17, 2026

Trump Narrows Push To Preserve OSHA Authority To Expand Inspections


March 13, 2017 at 06:24 PM
The Trump administration has narrowed OSHA's legal push to preserve the agency's authority to expand an inspection beyond the circumstances of an employee's injury, arguing inspectors had “reasonable suspicion” to check for some additional hazards, while dropping, for now, Obama-era arguments that OSHA could conduct an even broader review.

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