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Critics of Virginia’s first-in-the-nation emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 are challenging the policy in court, arguing that it infringes on a host of constitutional rights and that the state bypassed its own rulemaking procedures to enact the policy.

Critics of Virginia’s first-in-the-nation emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 are challenging the policy in court, arguing that it infringes on a host of constitutional rights and that the state bypassed its own rulemaking procedures to enact the policy.

Critics of Virginia’s first-in-the-nation emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 are challenging the policy in court, arguing that it infringes on a host of constitutional rights and that the state bypassed its own rulemaking procedures to enact the policy.

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) in a new decision has vacated an OSHA citation for crushing hazards at an Air Force contractor’s on-base metal shop, holding that the agency failed to show that protections at the site were lacking based on whether an accident was “reasonably predictable.”

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) in a new decision has vacated an OSHA citation for crushing hazards at an Air Force contractor’s on-base metal shop, holding that the agency failed to show that protections at the site were lacking based on whether an accident was “reasonably predictable.”

OSHA has settled its enforcement case against a Colorado contracting firm over a 2018 falling accident that left a worker with a traumatic brain injury, averting any decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) on the scope of worksite inspection or training requirements.

OSHA has settled its enforcement case against a Colorado contracting firm over a 2018 falling accident that left a worker with a traumatic brain injury, averting any decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) on the scope of worksite inspection or training requirements.

Lawmakers have agreed to extend current funding for OSHA and other executive agencies to Dec. 11, delaying a battle over potential fiscal year 2021 budget cuts or boosts until after the election -- and likely after the Senate battle over confirming a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) plans to enact the country’s third emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 after its standards board voted Sept. 17 to accept unions’ petition for a binding rule -- just as the state government approved a bill requiring worker notices and even facility closures in response to workplace coronavirus outbreaks.

California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) plans to enact the country’s third emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 after its standards board voted Sept. 17 to accept unions’ petition for a binding rule -- just as the state government approved a bill requiring worker notices and even facility closures in response to workplace coronavirus outbreaks.