The Labor Department (DOL) is urging the 6th Circuit to deny a paper company’s attempt to overturn an OSHA finding the company violated so-called lockout/tagout requirements, arguing an administrative law judge (ALJ) properly found the company exposed workers to serious hazards from unexpected machine startup.
The Trump EPA has informed the 5th Circuit that it is dropping its defense of two key issues related to assessing risks to workers in a consolidated challenge to the agency’s TSCA risk management rule for methylene chloride, noting the issues are the subject of the agency’s “framework” rule that is being revised.
A Texas drilling company is asking a federal district court to vacate a workplace safety citation and declare the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) unconstitutional on multiple grounds, becoming at least the second company to raise such arguments about OSHRC in the wake of a landmark high court decision.
A federal appeals court has denied requests from labor unions and public health advocates to formally intervene in litigation challenging the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) final silica dust rule after MSHA and industry groups argued the intervention motions were untimely and legally flawed.
OSHA is asking a federal district court to dismiss North Dakota’s lawsuit challenging an OSHA investigation into alleged whistleblower retaliation by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ), arguing that sovereign immunity does not shield the state from federal enforcement actions.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and industry groups are urging a federal appeals court to reject efforts by labor unions and respiratory health advocates to formally intervene in litigation over the Biden-era silica dust rule, arguing the motions are untimely, unsupported by the law, and threaten to disrupt an already-advanced case.
A West Virginia coal miner is asking a federal district court for a preliminary injunction to stop the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from terminating key programs aimed at protecting coal miners from occupationally caused lung disease, saying the programs are integral to implementing the Mine Safety and Health Act.
A tissue paper manufacturer is urging the 6th Circuit to reverse an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) ruling upholding OSHA penalties for an alleged violation of so-called lockout/tagout safety standards, arguing the ALJ erred in finding the contested activity was not integral to production, which could have broad effects for the paper industry.
The 8th Circuit has stayed compliance deadlines of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) silica rule amid industry concerns that MSHA’s voluntary pause on enforcement of the rule does not provide the certainty of a stay pending judicial review.
A West Virginia coal miner is challenging the Trump administration’s near elimination of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), arguing the move violates provisions of mine safety law by disrupting health surveillance and job transfer programs for miners with respiratory diseases.