September 17, 2026

U.S. Court Rejects State’s Suit Over OSHA Mandate To Match Penalty Hikes


March 3, 2023 at 04:44 PM
A federal district court has rejected South Carolina’s bid to block OSHA from enforcing its long-standing directive for state plans to match federal OSH Act minimum and maximum penalties, including annual inflation adjustments, holding that language in the 2022 adjustment renewing the mandate was not a new action and thus not subject to judicial review.

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