The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed its review of EPA’s draft TSCA risk management rule for the solvent methylene chloride, teeing up formal release of a proposal that a top official has said will signal how the agency plans to regulate other substances and tailor chemical-safety rules to protect workers from occupational exposures.
The White House has started interagency review of OSHA’s draft final rule expected to undo a Trump-era rollback of Obama-era electronic recordkeeping and reporting requirements for workplace health and safety data, just as a federal appeals court is preparing to resume long-stayed litigation over the loosened rule.
California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) officials have released first-time proposed worker-safety rules for heat illness prevention at indoor worksites, a move expected to spark intense debate between labor groups and employers ahead of a meeting of the agency’s standards board in May.
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finished its review of OSHA’s proposed rule that the agency says will “clarify” specific personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements for construction workers, a move that could enhance protections against toxic chemical exposure and has been in development for almost four years.
The Asbestos Disease Organization (ADAO) is asking EPA to expand the window to comment on newly published worker-safety data related to its proposed ban on current uses of chrysotile asbestos, even as it warns the agency against letting its review of those comments delay a final asbestos rule from its non-binding October target.
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission’s (OSHRC) two recent rulings that rejected OSHA heat-stress citations applying the general duty clause could motivate the agency to more quickly enact its long-promised safety standard specifically governing heat hazards, an employer attorney says.
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has begun reviewing the final version of the Biden administration’s rule imposing a one-time mandate on companies to report their recent uses of asbestos, a measure that health advocates have sought to expand as they hope it will inform future assessment and regulation of the mineral’s uses but which industry is seeking to narrow.
Employer and trade groups are urging California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) to extend the comment period on its proposed overhaul of rules for lead exposure in the construction sector and general industry, charging that the new blood lead-level limits and action levels are much too stringent, and that many of the rules are too complicated for regulated entities to understand.
OSHA has finalized a year-old interim rule that set out procedures for handling whistleblower complaints under the 2019 Taxpayer First Act (TFA) that created anti-retaliation protections for employees who report potential tax fraud and other violations, largely adopting the model it set out in the interim measure.
California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board is scheduled to hear debate over whether to amend its workforce safety rules for farming equipment to allow automated tractors and other machines to operate independently in the field, amid pushback from labor and worker-safety groups that say the move would heighten injury and death risks.