OSHA Eyes Rapid Work On Several Rules After Release Of COVID-19 Standard

Top OSHA officials told advisory panels this week that the agency is poised to advance several long-awaited rules on heat illness, protective gear and more after it completes its permanent COVID-19 safety standard for the healthcare sector, saying the staffing demands of that project have sidelined even major priorities for the Biden administration. “The COVID rulemaking has distorted the entire rest of the reg agenda . . . it’s taking up all of our economists, and it’s taking up pretty...