House Democrats are pressing the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) for details on staffing cuts and funding holds at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to evaluate how these cuts may affect the agency’s role in supporting worker safety and compensation programs.
Environmentalists are warning that the second Trump EPA’s expected rollback of the Biden-era Risk Management Program (RMP) rule may be vulnerable to a new round of litigation, much as it was in the president’s first term, because the administration is again “quite likely” to conduct a predetermined rulemaking process.
Environmentalists are warning that the second Trump EPA’s expected rollback of the Biden-era Risk Management Program (RMP) rule may be vulnerable to a new round of litigation, much as it was in the president’s first term, because the administration is again “quite likely” to conduct a predetermined rulemaking process.
Following the recent expiration of California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) COVID worker-safety standard, a state lawmaker is introducing a bill that would continue prohibiting employers from preventing workers from wearing masks or respirators if it is safe.
A newly published article by former OSHA official David Michaels highlights how newly available OSHA injury data can identify predictable risks, offering opportunities to improve safety standards, reduce workplace injuries, and prevent future harm by implementing more targeted and effective injury prevention strategies.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Labor Department (DOL), is pledging to review a host of OSHA rules, including a Biden-era proposal setting safety standards for emergency responders as well as a plan to address workplace violence in healthcare settings.
President Donald Trump is instructing OSHA and other agencies to develop a list of existing regulations that could be targeted for repeal if they meet one of over half a dozen criteria defined as inconsistent with administration policy, while also directing officials to use “enforcement discretion” not to implement many of those rules in the meantime.
A coalition of environmental groups is again petitioning EPA to ban the use of hydrogen fluoride (HF) in refineries under TSCA, the latest in a series of so-far unsuccessful calls from environmentalists and federal investigators for EPA and OSHA to clamp down on the highly toxic substance that is used at dozens of facilities across the United States.
A coalition of environmental groups is again petitioning EPA to ban the use of hydrogen fluoride (HF) in refineries under TSCA, the latest in a series of so-far unsuccessful calls from environmentalists and federal investigators for EPA and OSHA to clamp down on the highly toxic substance that is used at dozens of facilities across the United States.
President Donald Trump’s nomination of David Keeling to head OSHA is an indication that the agency will continue to enforce existing standards and will likely continue to address hazards under its General Duty Clause authority although it may seek changes to several Biden-era standards, experts say.