California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board is partially granting two petitions seeking review of separate worker-safety rules covering residential construction worker falls and bird flu exposure, though they are rejecting requests by the petitioners for emergency standards to address their concerns.
OSHA is extending by 30 days the deadline for stakeholders to provide additional comments on the Biden-era proposed heat injury and illness standard after an industry coalition said it needed more time to adequately respond to questions from the agency following an informal public hearing.
OSHA is extending by 30 days the deadline for stakeholders to provide additional comments on the Biden-era proposed heat injury and illness standard after an industry coalition said it needed more time to adequately respond to questions from the agency following an informal public hearing.
A recent landmark ruling from the 6th Circuit analyzing what constitutes “substantially the same” under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) opens the door for a future Democratic administration to issue new OSHA ergonomics rules after Congress killed a Clinton-era regulation in 2001, administrative law experts say.
West Virginia coal miners and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are continuing to spar over litigation challenging staffing cuts at a key federal workplace safety agency, with HHS renewing a motion to dismiss the case and the miners urging a federal court to again reject the department’s arguments.
The Labor Department (DOL) is arguing that a New Jersey steel company’s attempt to preserve constitutional and statutory claims against the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) “fails to establish actual success on the merits for any of its claims,” and therefore the case should be dismissed.
The Trump EPA’s recent 180-degree reversal on its initial plan to rescind the Biden-era TSCA rule phasing out six uses of chrysotile asbestos and instead issue new worker protection guidance on the 2024 rule, came after Administrator Lee Zeldin overruled two other senior Trump EPA appointees, a source with knowledge of the internal matter says.
The Trump EPA’s recent 180-degree reversal on its initial plan to rescind the Biden-era TSCA rule phasing out six uses of chrysotile asbestos and instead issue new worker protection guidance on the 2024 rule, came after Administrator Lee Zeldin overruled two other senior Trump EPA appointees, a source with knowledge of the internal matter says.
House appropriators are outlining their priorities for funding to address workplace safety and health issues, highlighting concerns about drug overdoses, mining issues, firefighting-related cancer and health issues for vehicle mechanics, with many of their recommendations focused on the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
The full House Appropriations Committee has approved a fiscal year 2026 spending bill that slashes the budgets for OSHA, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), though it is not clear if the cuts will survive upcoming budget negotiations.