OSHA has finalized its revocation of the “house falls” in marine terminals standard after it determined the standard is no longer necessary to protect employees working in marine terminals from occupational safety and health hazards -- the first finalization of a score of deregulatory actions the agency proposed last year.
OSHA is proposing to remove a deadline for certain fixed ladders to be equipped with personal fall arrest systems or ladder safety systems and is seeking comment on repealing or revising the requirement, after industry groups petitioned the agency to “grandfather” already-installed fixed ladders with cages or wells.
OSHA’s construction-sector advisory panel is rejecting key deregulatory measures the agency is planning for the sector, unanimously opposing a plan to rescind the construction illumination standard while narrowly opposing plans to eliminate medical evaluation requirements for certain respirators and make changes to chemical-specific standards.
As the Trump administration works to revise Biden-era TSCA risk management rules for carbon tetrachloride (CTC or CCl4) and perchloroethylene (perc or PCE), EPA is proposing to extend compliance deadlines for workplace exposure requirements until June 2027.
A coalition of construction sector groups is urging OSHA to allow formal comment on any recommendations that an agency advisory group may make on several pending deregulatory proposals, including medical evaluation requirements in respiratory protection and specific chemical rules.
A former Energy Department (DOE) employee with extensive background in worker safety and health is urging officials to withdraw a proposed rule aimed at expediting the deployment of advanced nuclear reactors, arguing the proposal does not provide the level of safety the law requires for DOE contractor workers.
A coalition of workplace safety organizations, led by the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA), is petitioning OSHA to update through direct final rules references to several independent consensus standards for personal protective equipment (PPE) and first aid kits.
OSHA has appointed new members to a slimmed-down Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) and will brief the panel at a March 31-April 1 meeting on several proposed and soon-to-be proposed rules to amend requirements related to the use of respirators.
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing proposed changes to a Biden-era Labor Department (DOL) rule requiring self-insured coal mine operators to secure 100 percent of their projected black lung liabilities, with a goal of easing the regulatory and financial burden for industry.
There is real potential for a “tug of war” between what OSHA chief David Keeling may want to do with affirmative rulemaking and what the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) might wish to see with deregulatory rulemaking, an employer-focused attorney says.