OSHA Extends Compliance Deadlines for HazCom Standard

OSHA is extending by four months several compliance deadlines for its hazard communication standard. Chemical manufacturers, importers, and distributors initially had until Jan. 19, 2026, to evaluate certain substances. That deadline is now May 19.

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January 22, 2026

New NIOSH Resources Focus on PPE

Three new training videos and an infographic recently published by NIOSH focus on aspects of donning and doffing personal protective equipment.

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January 22, 2026

National Academy of Medicine Shares Resources on Heat, Health, and Policy

A new webpage from the National Academy of Medicine collects resources related to heat, health, and policy stemming from a September 2025 meeting focused on how heat protection policies informed by data can help protect communities.

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January 22, 2026

NIOSH Evaluates Noise Exposures at a Metal Walkway Manufacturer

Production employees for a company that manufactures metal walkways and mezzanines were consistently overexposed to noise, according to a NIOSH evaluation of the facility.

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News

OSHA Extends Compliance Deadlines for HazCom Standard

New NIOSH Resources Focus on PPE

National Academy of Medicine Shares Resources on Heat, Health, and Policy

NIOSH Evaluates Noise Exposures at a Metal Walkway Manufacturer

Archive

2026

January

NIOSH Releases HVAC Checklist for Facilities with Measles Patients

OSHA Rule Corrects Errors in HazCom Standard

NIOSH Grants Request from Honeywell to Rescind Respirator Approvals

HHS Reverses NIOSH Staffing Cuts

CDC Report Documents Ninth Known Case of Welder’s Anthrax

EPA to Regulate Uses of Five Phthalates

In Wake of Fatal Explosion at Steel Plant, CSB Urges Siting Evaluations

Task Force Recommends Heat Guidelines to Protect Workers in Arizona

2025

December

EPA Proposes Threshold for Formaldehyde Risk

OSHA Letters of Interpretation Address Engineering Controls, Other Requirements

CSB Video Focuses on 2021 Explosion, Fire at a Resin Plant

First Confirmed Case of Engineered Stone Silicosis Prompts Alert in Massachusetts

OSHA Website Updates Organize Agency Datasets on One Page

Council of the EU Seeks Updates to Directive on Exposure to Hazardous Substances

Fraudulent Respirator Components Fail NIOSH Tests

California Issues Health Advisory for Silicosis in Countertop Workers

Technical Guidance Summarizes Default Values in EPA Risk Assessments

OSHA Resumes Enforcement Operations Following Government Shutdown

NIOSH Urges Ergonomics Controls for Employees of Water Heater Manufacturer

IARC: Herbicides Atrazine and Alachlor Are "Probably Carcinogenic"

Campaign Calls for Protection of Public Health Degrees

November

Draft Risk Evaluation Now Available for 1,2-Dichloroethane

Another Delay for EPA’s TCE Requirements

Draeger Issues Respirator User Notice for Certain SCBAs

NIOSH Urges Indoor Environmental Quality Improvements at Water Treatment Facility

EPA Extends Compliance Deadlines for Methylene Chloride Final Rule

Committee: Health Effects Study of Manhattan Project Veterans Is Infeasible

NIOSH Report Describes Investigation of Mold and Moisture on College Campus

State Coalition Opposes Proposed Reinterpretation of General Duty Clause

NIOSH Evaluates VOCs, Carbon Monoxide in Coffee Packaging Facility

EPA Publishes Multiple Significant New Use Rules

Canadian Resource Helps Users Prevent, Manage Disability and Return to Work

EU to Transition Away from PFAS in Firefighting Foams

October

CSB to Investigate Fatal Explosion at Tennessee Explosives Manufacturer

Report Evaluates Potential Exposures to Illicit Drugs Among Library Employees

IARC: Acrylonitrile Causes Cancer, Talc Is “Probably Carcinogenic”

New Tool Helps Users Classify Skin Sensitizers Under GHS

GHS Committee Would Feel Effects of UN Budget Cuts

CSB Publishes Report on Investigation of Anhydrous Ammonia Release in Virginia

NIOSH Urges Pork Processing Plant To Address Ergonomics Hazards

EPA Addresses Backlog of Chemical Risk Notifications

EPA Is Reconsidering Its 2024 Carbon Tetrachloride Rule

NIOSH Investigates Office Renovation That Led to Health Complaints

CSB: Preliminary Evidence Points to Combustible Dust in Nebraska Plant Explosion

EPA to Prioritize Chemicals Used for Data Centers

Senate Confirms Keeling, Palmer for OSHA, MSHA

Investigation of Steel Plant Explosion Focuses on Gas Isolation Valve

DOE Facility Wins Safe-in-Sound Award

NIOSH Announces Latest Voluntary Rescissions of Respirator Approvals

NIOSH Evaluates Hazards at Cannabis Cultivation Facility

Webinar to Discuss Study of Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk in Swine Processing Facilities

MSHA Alerts Highlight Lead Hazards, Housekeeping Practices

EPA Proposes to Change How Chemical Risk Evaluations Are Conducted Under TSCA

September

EPA Releases Draft Risk Evaluation for D4

OSHA Extends Post-Hearing Comment Period for Proposed Heat Rule

NIOSH Recommends Controls to Reduce Noise Exposures at a Foundry

New NOAA Tool Predicts Hourly Wildfire Hazards

NIOSH Evaluates Lead Exposures to Telecommunications Workers

EPA Will Reconsider Carbon Tetrachloride Rule, Including Exposure Limit

EPA Extends Compliance Deadlines for Trichloroethylene Rule

Video Depicts 2019 Fire at Texas Tank Farm That Burned for Three Days

Updated Regulatory Agenda Offers Little Information on OSHA Heat Rule

Workshop to Address PPE for H5N1 in Farm Settings

Valley Fever Still Rising in California

NIOSH Evaluates Metals Exposures at Manufacturing Facility

House Committee Recommends Cuts for OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH

Report Urges Action on Increasing Heat Stress among Workers Worldwide

NIOSH Publishes Two Documents on Protecting Emergency Response Workers 