The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is reiterating longstanding calls for EPA to revise its risk management program (RMP) requirements and for OSHA to update its Process Safety Management Standards (PSM) to limit adverse effects from industrial incidents involving certain reactive chemicals.
September 16, 2026
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is reiterating longstanding calls for EPA to revise its risk management program (RMP) requirements and for OSHA to update its Process Safety Management Standards (PSM) to limit adverse effects from industrial incidents involving certain reactive chemicals.
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OSHA’s National Emphasis Programs (NEP) and similar regional and local programs increase the risk of citations for employers, but at the same time each of these programs includes an agency directive that provides a playbook that can aid employers in preparing for any inspections, Conn Maciel Carey (CMC) attorneys say.
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Small business representatives are preparing to offer the Trump administration advice on easing regulatory burdens under pending chemical safety rules on formaldehyde and legacy asbestos, measures that industry groups have worried will be too burdensome but workplace safety experts say are needed to protect workers.
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The 5th Circuit has overturned OSHA’s workplace mental illness reporting rule and voided a citation against ExxonMobil issued after an industrial accident left an employee with PTSD, arguing that the agency lacks statutory authority because mental conditions were not considered “illnesses” when the OSH Act was passed in 1970.
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Chemical and other industry groups are stepping up their calls for a “single, consistent” set of workplace safety rules regarding toxic chemicals, pressing OSHA, EPA and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise the two agencies’ memorandum of understanding (MOU) to better align competing measures.
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OSHA is reopening the administrative record for numerous deregulatory proposals related to chemical-specific respirator standards to allow an additional 30 days of public comment following recommendations from a federal advisory panel and as the agency prepares to begin informal public hearings on the rules next month.
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OSHA is reopening the administrative record for numerous deregulatory proposals related to chemical-specific respirator standards to allow an additional 30 days of public comment following recommendations from a federal advisory panel and as the agency prepares to begin informal public hearings on the rules next month.
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OSHA is reopening the administrative record for numerous deregulatory proposals related to chemical-specific respirator standards to allow an additional 30 days of public comment following recommendations from a federal advisory panel and as the agency prepares to begin informal public hearings on the rules next month.
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The House Education and Workforce Committee has approved on party lines legislation to bar OSHA from finalizing the controversial Biden-era heat standard proposal, rejecting Democrats’ efforts to substitute legislation that would require OSHA to promulgate a heat standard similar to the proposed rule.
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