A U.S. appeals court has ruled in a case involving Exxon Mobil that OSHA cannot require businesses to document work-related mental illnesses reported by employees.
At ASSP Safety in June, Assistant Secretary of Labor Keeling delivered a conversational address that signaled a cultural and operational evolution for OSHA.
Topping the list is the much-discussed national heat standard proposal. OSHA held hearings on the proposal in June 2025 and extended the post-hearing comment period twice, to October 30, 2025.
OSHA opened an inspection after a Jan. 7, 2026, incident involving a contract employee who was removing accumulated dirt from the school’s crawl space.
Every year OSHA’s penalties increase at the rate of inflation, but this year the Office of Management and Budget ruled out an increase on a technicality.
In 2022, the latest data available, the injury and illness rate in the warehouse sector stood at 4.8 cases per 100 full-time workers, compared to 2.7 across industry as a whole.
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed more than $3.5 million in fines against three companies after federal inspectors determined they failed to protect workers during post-emergency response cleanup after a chemical spill at the BWC Terminals industrial facility in Channelview.
A safety data sheet library that registers as complete on an internal audit can look very different to an OSHA compliance officer working through the facility's chemical inventory one product at a time.
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