OSHA’s fall regulatory agenda was released Dec. 9 as part of the overall plan rolled out by the White House Office of Management and Budget, but with the incoming Biden administration, things could change.
There are 21 items on OSHA’s Fall 2020 Rule List with three in the final rule stage, 14 listed as “proposed” and four in the prerule stages.
However, this new administration will have different priorities, so whether and how any of these will move forward is uncertain.
Final rules
- Discrimination Against Employees Exercising Rights Under the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
- Procedures for Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Whistleblower Protection Statutes
- Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Taxpayer First Act
Proposed rules
- Mechanical Power Presses 29 CFR 1910.217
- Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica: Revisions to Medical Surveillance Provisions for Medical Removal Protection
- Walking Working Surfaces
- Powered Industrial Trucks Design Standard Update
- Personal Protective Equipment in Construction
- Drug Testing Program and Safety Incentives Rule
- Welding in Construction Confined Spaces
- Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica; Revisions to Table 1 in the Standard for Construction
- Tree Care Standard
- Lock-Out/Tag-Out Update
- Powered Industrial Trucks
- Update to the Hazard Communication Standard
- Communication Tower Safety
- Amendments to the Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard
In prerule stage
- Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal
- Prevention of Workplace Violence in Health Care and Social Assistance
- Mechanical Power Presses Update
- Emergency Response
