States and industry attorneys are instructing employers who operate under OSHA-approved state plans to ignore a recent enforcement directive from federal OSHA that stated that the employers are required to submit their injury and illness data as required under the 2016 Obama-era recordkeeping update rule by July 1.
September 17, 2026
Even as the Trump administration works to roll back Obama-era measures strengthening facility safety rules, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is urging EPA and OSHA to strengthen their requirements after its investigation of industrial incidents sparked by Hurricane Harvey flood waters found that the agencies do not adequately address risks.
Date:
The Trump administration plan to scrap the Obama-era rule strengthening EPA's facility accident prevention program and wait for the OSHA to advance a similar rulemaking could stall changes to facility oversight for the foreseeable future, as OSHA has shelved plans to update its companion rule.
Date:
The Trump administration plan to scrap the Obama-era rule strengthening EPA's facility accident prevention program and wait for the OSHA to advance a similar rulemaking could stall changes to facility oversight for the foreseeable future, as OSHA has shelved plans to update its companion rule.
Date:
Supporters of the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda are urging lawmakers to codify President Donald Trump's executive order (EO) forcing OSHA, EPA and other agencies to repeal two existing rules for every new measure, though their call is drawing strong pushback from Democrats who say it will undermine protections by limiting rules' estimated benefits and devalue human lives.
Date:
Vanessa Allen Sutherland, who the Obama administration appointed to lead the federal board that investigates industrial chemical accidents, announced unexpectedly May 21 that she will be resigning from the board next month, though it is not clear if or who President Trump will select to fill two vacant slots on the panel given his administration's push to eliminate it.
Date:
Democrats are taking the rare step of using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) -- the law that eases Congress' ability to repeal federal rules -- to block a Trump administration rule rolling back Obama-era 'net neutrality' mandates, despite criticism from safety advocates that it legitimizes use of a poorly-written law that Republicans and industry have long-used as a deregulatory tool and which they are seeking to repeal.
Date:
Democrats are taking the rare step of using the Congressional Review Act (CRA) -- the law that eases Congress' ability to repeal federal rules -- to block a Trump administration rule rolling back Obama-era 'net neutrality' mandates, despite criticism from safety advocates that it legitimizes use of a poorly-written law that Republicans and industry have long-used as a deregulatory tool and which they are seeking to repeal.
Date:
The House Farm Bill includes language that would codify OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) rule's exemption for retail facilities, an issue that roiled the Obama administration, but the measure's fate is uncertain after House lawmakers failed to approve the underlying bill May 18.
Date:
The Trump administration is proposing to scrap most requirements of the Obama-era final rule updating EPA's facility accident prevention program, rescinding numerous new safety requirements in response to industry and state petitions, and arguing that EPA failed to adequately coordinate with other agencies in issuing the costly changes.
Date: