The Trump EPA plans to expand its chemicals office “by at least 130 people,” the office’s top political appointee told staff earlier this week, which is expected to speed TSCA reviews of chemicals, including consideration of risks to workers, though the additional personnel are being moved from EPA’s gutted research office, a move that is drawing criticism.
Aiming to provide more compliance clarity for the construction industry, California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) is laying out new guidance for employers to comply with tougher lead exposure-prevention worker-safety rules that took effect Jan. 1, specifically applying to employees conducting dry abrasive blasting.
An employer-focused law firm is launching a coalition to craft recommendations for targeted changes to OSHA and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules, responding to the Trump administration’s call for stakeholders’ feedback on federal regulations that are onerous, outdated or unnecessary.
An employer-focused law firm is launching a coalition to craft recommendations for targeted changes to OSHA and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules, responding to the Trump administration’s call for stakeholders’ feedback on federal regulations that are onerous, outdated or unnecessary.
A Texas drilling company is asking a federal district court to vacate a workplace safety citation and declare the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) unconstitutional on multiple grounds, becoming at least the second company to raise such arguments about OSHRC in the wake of a landmark high court decision.
A Texas drilling company is asking a federal district court to vacate a workplace safety citation and declare the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) unconstitutional on multiple grounds, becoming at least the second company to raise such arguments about OSHRC in the wake of a landmark high court decision.
California lawmakers continue to advance worker safety-related bills, including a measure to prohibit employers from preventing workers from wearing masks or respirators if it is safe, and another to bar employers from relying on automated decision-making systems (ADS) to make a variety of employment decisions without human oversight.
A federal appeals court has denied requests from labor unions and public health advocates to formally intervene in litigation challenging the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) final silica dust rule after MSHA and industry groups argued the intervention motions were untimely and legally flawed.
A federal appeals court has denied requests from labor unions and public health advocates to formally intervene in litigation challenging the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) final silica dust rule after MSHA and industry groups argued the intervention motions were untimely and legally flawed.
The AFL-CIO is calling on Congress to “immediately intervene” to require the Trump administration to reinstate all staff at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as well as defend a federal budget that maintains and increases funding for job safety agencies like OSHA.