A landmark agreement between labor unions and a paint manufacturer over Biden-era TSCA worker protection requirements for using trichloroethylene (TCE) is facing a potential challenge from EPA, which is pressing an appellate court to give it a chance to oppose the deal, which the agency says would require the court to set a new standard.
November 15, 2026
A court-appointed amicus curiae is urging the D.C. Circuit to reject the Labor Department’s (DOL) efforts to reverse several decisions from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) that spurned the DOL secretary’s changes to health and safety citations in enforcement settlements with mining companies.
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OSHA is weighing whether to seek rehearing of an 8th Circuit ruling that found the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) preempts OSHA from regulating worker safety around railcars, telling the court the decision “raises significant and complex issues concerning the respective responsibility of OSHA” and FRA.
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OSHA is weighing whether to seek rehearing of an 8th Circuit ruling that found the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) preempts OSHA from regulating worker safety around railcars, telling the court the decision “raises significant and complex issues concerning the respective responsibility of OSHA” and FRA.
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The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is recommending that U.S. Steel conduct a siting evaluation and ensure that all documented facility siting hazards are mitigated even before the board completes its investigation of a fatal explosion at a Pennsylvania coke facility that is not subject to OSHA rules.
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Multiple labor unions, along with environmental and public health groups, are urging key members of Congress not to reopen TSCA for further reforms that might weaken the law beyond reauthorizing EPA’s user fee authority, as they charge the chemical industry is lobbying legislators to weaken worker protections.
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Employer-focused attorneys say they expect California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) to take additional and more aggressive enforcement actions in the coming year, including a potential new focus on criminal prosecutions, as a result of the agency recently filling long-vacant inspector and other positions.
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The D.C. Circuit’s recent ruling that presidents can remove at will members of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) lays the groundwork for a potential similar ruling regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), experts say.
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The D.C. Circuit’s recent ruling that presidents can remove at will members of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) lays the groundwork for a potential similar ruling regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), experts say.
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OSHA is confirming in a new Federal Register notice that Tennessee OSHA (TOSHA) has assumed authority over worker safety and health of non-federal employees performing work at former Energy Department (DOE) facilities in the state, adding new details to a pair of OSHA-DOE agreements on transferring such authority.
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