High Court Rejects Bid to Overturn Decades of OSHA Safety Rules

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a construction company’s case that sought to overturn 50 years of OSHA worker safety regulations.

The justices’ rejection Tuesday of Allstates Refractory Contractors LLC’s petition for review leaves intact two lower court decisions that held that Congress properly delegated authority to the labor secretary to set safety requirements under the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the decision to bypass the case, with Justice Neil Gorsuch noting he also would have taken up the dispute.

“The Occupational Safety and Health Act may be the broadest delegation of ...