OSHA this week unveiled a new voluntary alliance with three major poultry sector trade associations in a bid to allay safety concerns over Agriculture Department (USDA) efforts to ease line speed requirements at processing plants, though labor advocates are strongly criticizing USDA’s actions and calling for stepped-up OSHA scrutiny.

OSHA this week unveiled a new voluntary alliance with three major poultry sector trade associations in a bid to allay safety concerns over Agriculture Department (USDA) efforts to ease line speed requirements at processing plants, though labor advocates are strongly criticizing USDA’s actions and calling for stepped-up OSHA scrutiny.

EPA has issued guidance to aid small business as they work to comply with the agency’s recent ban on consumer uses of paint strippers containing methylene chloride, though it is not clear whether the guidance will address charges from manufacturers that the ban may make it difficult for some small entities to continue to purchase the products.

House lawmakers appear poised to resume their efforts to renew the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) chemical facility safety program when they return from their recess, though it is unclear whether their past pledges to seek a bipartisan deal on the issue will bear fruit.

House lawmakers appear poised to resume their efforts to renew the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) chemical facility safety program when they return from their recess, though it is unclear whether their past pledges to seek a bipartisan deal on the issue will bear fruit.

House lawmakers appear poised to resume their efforts to renew the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) chemical facility safety program when they return from their recess, though it is unclear whether their past pledges to seek a bipartisan deal on the issue will bear fruit.

California legislation that would lock into state law Obama-era worker safety and other rules has cleared a critical Assembly fiscal committee but still faces a fight on the floor of the chamber from powerful industry groups.

California legislation that would lock into state law Obama-era worker safety and other rules has cleared a critical Assembly fiscal committee but still faces a fight on the floor of the chamber from powerful industry groups.

OSHA is gearing up to roll back the Obama administration’s landmark beryllium rule, floating two draft measures for White House review and scheduling a meeting of its construction advisors next month to discuss ways to implement some of the proposed rollbacks, though House Democrats are fighting efforts to undo the requirements.

OSHA is gearing up to roll back the Obama administration’s landmark beryllium rule, floating two draft measures for White House review and scheduling a meeting of its construction advisors next month to discuss ways to implement some of the proposed rollbacks, though House Democrats are fighting efforts to undo the requirements.