UPS No Longer at Risk of OSHA Heat Stress Probe, Judge Rules

March 27, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC

United Parcel Service Inc. lost its legal bid to block the OSHA from conducting heat-stress monitoring of its company trucks that stemmed from a now-defunct Biden-era initiative.

A federal judge in Delaware cited several reasons Friday why he lacked jurisdiction to rule on UPS’s request for an order against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, emphasizing that the alleged threat of agency overreach is gone.

Judge Colm Connolly said he held UPS’s motion throughout the summer of 2025 in case OSHA tried to install heat-stress monitoring on the company’s trucks, but it didn’t.

“At that point, there being no doubt ...

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