OSHA continues to bolster its oversight of industrial facilities through inspections under a 2017 National Emphasis Program (NEP) and data-sharing with EPA enforcement officials, despite the agency's decision to shelve a planned strengthening of its process safety management (PSM) rule, according to industry attorneys.
September 17, 2026
OSHA continues to bolster its oversight of industrial facilities through inspections under a 2017 National Emphasis Program (NEP) and data-sharing with EPA enforcement officials, despite the agency's decision to shelve a planned strengthening of its process safety management (PSM) rule, according to industry attorneys.
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A coalition convened by NIOSH is calling for a review of existing ergonomic guidelines to ensure they are appropriate for current work environments, opening the door to a debate on whether current policies are adequate to protect against harms in food processing and other sectors.
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The Labor Department's (DOL) Office of Inspector General (IG) is reiterating calls for OSHA to ensure employers report workers' injuries and abate workplace hazards, highlighting an ongoing dispute with the Trump administration's top OSHA official, who has argued that employers are not required prove they have abated workplace hazards.
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The Labor Department's (DOL) Office of Inspector General (IG) is reiterating calls for OSHA to ensure employers report workers' injuries and abate workplace hazards, highlighting an ongoing dispute with the Trump administration's top OSHA official, who has argued that employers are not required prove they have abated workplace hazards.
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OSHA has sent for White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review a proposed rule seeking to revise an Obama-era rule strengthening the agency's beryllium standards, changes that are part of a settlement with industry groups that calls for clarifying ancillary provisions of the Obama-era rule's general industry standard.
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OSHA has sent for White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review a proposed rule seeking to revise an Obama-era rule strengthening the agency's beryllium standards, changes that are part of a settlement with industry groups that calls for clarifying ancillary provisions of the Obama-era rule's general industry standard.
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House Democrats have introduced a bill that would compel OSHA to follow through on an Obama-era commitment to issue an enforceable standard requiring that employers in the healthcare and social services sectors craft plans for preventing workplace violence, arguing that the Trump administration is slow-walking the rule.
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House Democrats have introduced a bill that would compel OSHA to follow through on an Obama-era commitment to issue an enforceable standard requiring that employers in the healthcare and social services sectors craft plans for preventing workplace violence, arguing that the Trump administration is slow-walking the rule.
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North Carolina regulators are asking their science advisors to review strict guidance developed with EPA for protecting against workers and others' exposures to trichloroethylene (TCE) through vapor intrusion at contaminated sites, amid ongoing controversy with EPA's 2011 assessment that found the solvent poses risks to pregnant women.
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