Ahead of a key advisory committee meeting, employer and industry groups are stepping up complaints that California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) officials are inappropriately proposing to add a plethora of new requirements to an existing workplace violence-prevention standard, though agency staff maintain they are properly carrying out the law that required the rules.
September 17, 2026
Studies conducted for the Agriculture Department (USDA) have found only a limited association between faster slaughterhouse line speeds and increased worker injuries, prompting USDA to extend current line speed waivers until the Trump administration can decide next steps.
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Studies conducted for the Agriculture Department (USDA) have found only a limited association between faster slaughterhouse line speeds and increased worker injuries, prompting USDA to extend current line speed waivers until the Trump administration can decide next steps.
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A California road district is urging a federal court to reject OSHA's argument that it lacks standing to challenge a controversial 2020 scaffolding safety policy, arguing that the agency's relaxed standards have caused delays, disputes and heightened safety concerns for federally funded projects.
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President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders (EOs) targeting federal employees at OSHA and other agencies, including measures stripping many workers of civil service protections, freezing new hiring, overhauling existing hiring practices and ending work-from-home allowances.
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President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders (EOs) targeting federal employees at OSHA and other agencies, including measures stripping many workers of civil service protections, freezing new hiring, overhauling existing hiring practices and ending work-from-home allowances.
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The Biden EPA has released for public comment a draft scoping document that outlines its plans for what uses of -- and occupational exposures from -- vinyl chloride the agency’s TSCA evaluation will consider, although the incoming Trump administration will craft the evaluation and may have different ideas of how to do so.
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Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to again head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is defending his plans for a dramatic overhaul of key federal budget, regulatory and workforce practices at OSHA and other agencies.
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OSHA is touting the Biden administration’s focus on increased enforcement as a key factor in a decrease in fatal occupational injuries in 2023, noting especially the administration’s focus on recognizing the disproportionate impact of work hazards on workers of color.
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Worker-safety advocacy groups are elevating their press on California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) officials to advance an indoor heat protection rule for prisoners and jail staff, as the national debate over heat standards becomes more focused on states due to the incoming Trump administration’s likely deprioritization of national heat standards.
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