The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit will not revisit its ruling upholding as constitutional the OSH Act provisions granting OSHA’s standard-setting authority, after the judges rejected claims by a contracting company that the decision was incorrect as a matter of law and created a circuit split on when the agency must regulate to address workplace dangers.
EPA’s proposal to change how TSCA chemical evaluations consider workers’ use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is drawing starkly different interpretations from industry and a labor-environmental coalition, with each side insisting that the agency is enacting the other’s preferred approach and demanding a reversal.
EPA’s proposal to change how TSCA chemical evaluations consider workers’ use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is drawing starkly different interpretations from industry and a labor-environmental coalition, with each side insisting that the agency is enacting the other’s preferred approach and demanding a reversal.
Led by President Joe Biden, OSHA has unveiled its long-promised proposal to set health and safety standards for “emergency responders,” replacing a current rule that applies only to firefighters with one that also covers emergency medical personnel and search-and-rescue workers, and floating a long list of requirements that aim to address dangers ranging from toxic chemicals and equipment failures to the mental health impacts of overwork.
Led by President Joe Biden, OSHA has unveiled its long-promised proposal to set health and safety standards for “emergency responders,” replacing a current rule that applies only to firefighters with one that also covers emergency medical personnel and search-and-rescue workers, and floating a long list of requirements that aim to address dangers ranging from toxic chemicals and equipment failures to the mental health impacts of overwork.
Industry figures say enough lawmakers are signaling support for reauthorizing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program that they expect “opportunities” for a renewal in the new year -- though still with some uncertainty over whether that support will be enough to push a bill across the finish line.
Industry figures say enough lawmakers are signaling support for reauthorizing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program that they expect “opportunities” for a renewal in the new year -- though still with some uncertainty over whether that support will be enough to push a bill across the finish line.
The court hearing South Carolina's challenge to the OSHA mandate for states to match inflation adjustments in federal OSH Act penalties is staying the case pending a Supreme Court decision on the Administrative Procedure Act's (APA) statute of limitations, rejecting arguments from the agency that legal issues in the two are largely unrelated.
The court hearing South Carolina's challenge to the OSHA mandate for states to match inflation adjustments in federal OSH Act penalties is staying the case pending a Supreme Court decision on the Administrative Procedure Act's (APA) statute of limitations, rejecting arguments from the agency that legal issues in the two are largely unrelated.
Amid rising illness and deaths, California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board has adopted an emergency temporary standard (ETS) for crystalline silica exposure in “engineered stone fabrication shops,” rejecting calls by industry representatives to consider amendments that would ease some of the rule’s stringent new worker-safety requirements.