OSHA has released a new regulatory interpretation letter outlining its test for when a worker's injuries in a traffic accident are considered “work-related” and subject to the agency’s recordkeeping and reporting requirements, warning employers that injuries sustained outside of a “normal commute” are recordable.

Oregon’s worker safety agency has released its long-awaited proposal for a permanent heat illness prevention standard as part of a broader state effort to mitigate the impacts of climate change that also includes a workplace standard for wildfire smoke exposure, just as OSHA is conducting its own outreach for a nationwide heat stress rulemaking.

Oregon’s worker safety agency has released its long-awaited proposal for a permanent heat illness prevention standard as part of a broader state effort to mitigate the impacts of climate change that also includes a workplace standard for wildfire smoke exposure, just as OSHA is conducting its own outreach for a nationwide heat stress rulemaking.

Former Department of Labor (DOL) officials are urging a federal appeals court to reverse a district judge’s ruling limiting the circumstances where worker can sue OSHA for failing to take action on an “imminent danger,” saying the decision wrongly interprets the statute and could lead to “irremediable intra-Departmental conflicts.”

Former Department of Labor (DOL) officials are urging a federal appeals court to reverse a district judge’s ruling limiting the circumstances where worker can sue OSHA for failing to take action on an “imminent danger,” saying the decision wrongly interprets the statute and could lead to “irremediable intra-Departmental conflicts.”

Former Department of Labor (DOL) officials are urging a federal appeals court to reverse a district judge’s ruling limiting the circumstances where worker can sue OSHA for failing to take action on an “imminent danger,” saying the decision wrongly interprets the statute and could lead to “irremediable intra-Departmental conflicts.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is convening a three-judge “merits” panel to consider unions’ lawsuit seeking an order that would force OSHA to reinstate its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare workers and quickly release a permanent rule, in a potential sign that the court is taking the case seriously.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is convening a three-judge “merits” panel to consider unions’ lawsuit seeking an order that would force OSHA to reinstate its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare workers and quickly release a permanent rule, in a potential sign that the court is taking the case seriously.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is convening a three-judge “merits” panel to consider unions’ lawsuit seeking an order that would force OSHA to reinstate its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for healthcare workers and quickly release a permanent rule, in a potential sign that the court is taking the case seriously.

A new federal circuit court ruling appears to set a more demanding standard for OSHA to show that an employer could “reasonably foresee” worker misconduct, in a decision that aims to clarify a “confusing patchwork” of precedent on where the burden of proof lies in cases dealing with the adequacy of an employer’s safety program.