September 18, 2026

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has for the second time in a matter of days struck down an OSHA citation for an industrial accident because the agency failed to prove that a worker’s risky behavior was part of “normal operation” for the facility, underscoring the potentially high bar to make that showing.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has for the second time in a matter of days struck down an OSHA citation for an industrial accident because the agency failed to prove that a worker’s risky behavior was part of “normal operation” for the facility, underscoring the potentially high bar to make that showing.

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Critics of Virginia’s first-in-the-nation emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 are challenging the policy in court, arguing that it infringes on a host of constitutional rights and that the state bypassed its own rulemaking procedures to enact the policy.

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Critics of Virginia’s first-in-the-nation emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 are challenging the policy in court, arguing that it infringes on a host of constitutional rights and that the state bypassed its own rulemaking procedures to enact the policy.

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Critics of Virginia’s first-in-the-nation emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 are challenging the policy in court, arguing that it infringes on a host of constitutional rights and that the state bypassed its own rulemaking procedures to enact the policy.

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Critics of Virginia’s first-in-the-nation emergency temporary standard (ETS) for COVID-19 are challenging the policy in court, arguing that it infringes on a host of constitutional rights and that the state bypassed its own rulemaking procedures to enact the policy.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) in a new decision has vacated an OSHA citation for crushing hazards at an Air Force contractor’s on-base metal shop, holding that the agency failed to show that protections at the site were lacking based on whether an accident was “reasonably predictable.”

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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) in a new decision has vacated an OSHA citation for crushing hazards at an Air Force contractor’s on-base metal shop, holding that the agency failed to show that protections at the site were lacking based on whether an accident was “reasonably predictable.”

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OSHA has settled its enforcement case against a Colorado contracting firm over a 2018 falling accident that left a worker with a traumatic brain injury, averting any decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) on the scope of worksite inspection or training requirements.

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OSHA has settled its enforcement case against a Colorado contracting firm over a 2018 falling accident that left a worker with a traumatic brain injury, averting any decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) on the scope of worksite inspection or training requirements.

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