Workplace Safety Agencies Look to Overhaul Slate of Regulations

The two main federal agencies charged with ensuring the safety of America’s workforce want to withdraw or rewrite dozens of regulations, including an injury reporting requirement for employers and an emission exposure limit for miners.

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to withdraw a proposal to require employers to record work-related musculoskeletal disorders in a separate column on OSHA 300 logs, among others. While the US Mine Safety and Health Administration seeks to remove requirements governing the exposure of diesel particulate matter to miners.

OSHA notes its withdrawal of the proposed rule doesn’t change any employer’s obligation to ...