California worker safety and immigrant advocacy groups are touting a settlement between California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) and the GEO Group, a firm that runs private prisons and detainee centers, that includes a $104,510 fine against the company for violating a host of safety and other rules applying to detainees who worked at the facilities.

OSHA is “highly unlikely” to finalize a national heat illness standard before the end of the Trump administration, despite its October 2027 goal, a former agency official says, noting OSHA’s plan to significantly revise the Biden-era proposal and seek additional comment even though the standards office has had large staffing cuts.

OSHA is “highly unlikely” to finalize a national heat illness standard before the end of the Trump administration, despite its October 2027 goal, a former agency official says, noting OSHA’s plan to significantly revise the Biden-era proposal and seek additional comment even though the standards office has had large staffing cuts.

California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) updated proposal to modify its workplace inspection “walkaround” rule to reflect federal OSHA’s rule on who can serve as an employee representative during inspection visits is prompting continued pushback from employer representatives who had sought a number of significant revisions to an earlier draft.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is planning to quickly finalize more than a dozen deregulatory actions it proposed last year, although it plans to hold a public hearing on its controversial proposal to eliminate the authority for a district manager to require additional measures in roof control plans.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is planning to quickly finalize more than a dozen deregulatory actions it proposed last year, although it plans to hold a public hearing on its controversial proposal to eliminate the authority for a district manager to require additional measures in roof control plans.

OSHA is planning to take “final action” on a Biden-era proposal that would require employers to create a plan to evaluate and control heat hazards in their workplace by October 2027, according to the agency’s latest Unified Agenda of regulatory actions, although it remains uncertain what that action will be.

OSHA is planning to take “final action” on a Biden-era proposal that would require employers to create a plan to evaluate and control heat hazards in their workplace by October 2027, according to the agency’s latest Unified Agenda of regulatory actions, although it remains uncertain what that action will be.

OSHA is planning to take “final action” on a Biden-era proposal that would require employers to create a plan to evaluate and control heat hazards in their workplace by October 2027, according to the agency’s latest Unified Agenda of regulatory actions, although it remains uncertain what that action will be.

Mine operators should still be reviewing their safety and health compliance efforts on an annual basis even though the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) was unable to adjust its penalty levels for 2026 due to the government shutdown last fall, legal experts say.