The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is urging its members to lobby lawmakers to back legislation that would bar OSHA from finalizing the Biden-era proposal for a national heat standard, saying the proposed rule would undo much of the relief for small businesses the Trump administration has put in place.

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is urging its members to lobby lawmakers to back legislation that would bar OSHA from finalizing the Biden-era proposal for a national heat standard, saying the proposed rule would undo much of the relief for small businesses the Trump administration has put in place.

Public Citizen is urging the Senate Appropriations Committee to provide stable funding for OSHA in fiscal year 2027 and push back on proposed House cuts to the agency’s budget that go beyond those requested by the Trump administration.

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.

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.

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.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has finalized four rules to remove outdated requirements after the proposals dealing with conveyor belts, blacksmith shops, diesel particulate matter (DPM) emission limits and flame safety lamps received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.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has finalized four rules to remove outdated requirements after the proposals dealing with conveyor belts, blacksmith shops, diesel particulate matter (DPM) emission limits and flame safety lamps received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.

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.”

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.”