California lawmakers are continuing to advance a bill aimed at bolstering California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) probes of serious worker-safety violations through its Bureau of Investigations (BOI), and to establish a first-time pilot program to require BOI to send fatality incidents directly to county prosecutors for faster potential criminal enforcement actions.
September 16, 2026
OSHA is proposing to collect a total of more than $3.5 million in fines from three companies the agency says failed to protect workers during a post-emergency response cleanup after a chemical spill at an industrial facility near Houston, TX, in December.
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EPA’s draft TSCA risk evaluation for the siloxane known as D4 has several shortcomings, including a significant lack of data about workers exposure to the chemical even though chemical manufacturers requested EPA evaluate D4, agency science advisors say in a final report outlining several concerns with the draft document.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has finalized four rules to remove outdated requirements after the proposals dealing with conveyor belts, blacksmith shops, diesel particulate matter (DPM) emission limits and flame safety lamps received no opposing comments.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has finalized four rules to remove outdated requirements after the proposals dealing with conveyor belts, blacksmith shops, diesel particulate matter (DPM) emission limits and flame safety lamps received no opposing comments.
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The 4th Circuit is upholding a lower court’s dismissal of South Carolina’s challenge to an OSHA rule requiring states to match annual increases to federal OSH Act penalties, finding South Carolina’s arguments seeking to reinstate the litigation “hold no water.”
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The 4th Circuit is upholding a lower court’s dismissal of South Carolina’s challenge to an OSHA rule requiring states to match annual increases to federal OSH Act penalties, finding South Carolina’s arguments seeking to reinstate the litigation “hold no water.”
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The 4th Circuit is upholding a lower court’s dismissal of South Carolina’s challenge to an OSHA rule requiring states to match annual increases to federal OSH Act penalties, finding South Carolina’s arguments seeking to reinstate the litigation “hold no water.”
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California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board is poised to approve an expanded set of safety rules for the installation, maintenance and operation of elevators, escalators and other conveyances that labor unions and other backers say represent the most stringent provisions in the country and could serve as a model for other states.
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The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is commending the American Petroleum Institute (API) for quickly updating its safety standards beyond what the board recommended to address flammable gas even as OSHA and EPA have yet to act on repeated CSB advice to expand federal standards in a similar manner.
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