The Trump EPA’s recent 180-degree reversal on its initial plan to rescind the Biden-era TSCA rule phasing out six uses of chrysotile asbestos and instead issue new worker protection guidance on the 2024 rule, came after Administrator Lee Zeldin overruled two other senior Trump EPA appointees, a source with knowledge of the internal matter says.

House appropriators are outlining their priorities for funding to address workplace safety and health issues, highlighting concerns about drug overdoses, mining issues, firefighting-related cancer and health issues for vehicle mechanics, with many of their recommendations focused on the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

The full House Appropriations Committee has approved a fiscal year 2026 spending bill that slashes the budgets for OSHA, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), though it is not clear if the cuts will survive upcoming budget negotiations.

California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board is slated to consider at its meeting later this month two petitions that board staff are proposing to mostly reject -- one to delay implementation of federal rules to protect residential construction workers from falls, and the other to expand a standard to protect dairy and poultry workers from bird flu.

OSHA has renewed voluntary worker safety information agreements with solid waste and recycling trade groups as part of its Alliance Program, highlighting a range of areas where the participants will serve as “information intermediaries” aiding the agency in its outreach efforts.

A coalition of labor unions, a nonprofit organization and a personal protective equipment manufacturer are pushing back on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) efforts to dismiss litigation over cuts to a federal worker safety agency, defending the members’ standing to bring the suit and the specific claims they make.

Despite Senate pressure to quickly propose a workplace-violence standard, OSHA says in its latest Unified Agenda of regulatory actions that a proposal date is “to be determined,” and the agency is also not committing to a timeline for finalizing a heat injury and illness standard, though it is still looking to do so.

Despite Senate pressure to quickly propose a workplace-violence standard, OSHA says in its latest Unified Agenda of regulatory actions that a proposal date is “to be determined,” and the agency is also not committing to a timeline for finalizing a heat injury and illness standard, though it is still looking to do so.

Despite Senate pressure to quickly propose a workplace-violence standard, OSHA says in its latest Unified Agenda of regulatory actions that a proposal date is “to be determined,” and the agency is also not committing to a timeline for finalizing a heat injury and illness standard, though it is still looking to do so.

A House appropriations panel has advanced a fiscal year 2026 spending bill that includes the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), although it contains a smaller-than-requested reduction to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).