Timing Of High-Profile OSHA Violence, Heat Rules Remains Uncertain

Despite Senate pressure to quickly propose a workplace-violence standard, OSHA says in its latest Unified Agenda of regulatory actions that a proposal date is “to be determined,” and the agency is also not committing to a timeline for finalizing a heat injury and illness standard, though it is still looking to do so. Additionally, the Unified Agenda includes several deregulatory proposals, some of which OSHA proposed in July and others it will propose next year. David Keeling, President Donald Trump’s...