Judges Set Strict Limits On Workers’ OSH Act Suits Over ‘Imminent Danger’

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit is backing OSHA’s narrow reading of a little-used provision in the OSH Act allowing workers to sue the agency when it fails to address an “imminent danger” of workplace harm, agreeing that such suits face the same six-month statute of limitations as federal enforcement action under the law. The Jan. 31 ruling in Jane Doe, et al., v. Scalia, et al ., strikes down a district-level decision that put even harsher...