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CSB Chair Looks To Take On More Investigations, Emphasize Process Safety

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The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's new chair Rafael Moure-Eraso told Inside OSHA in an exclusive interview that CSB is looking for increased funding to conduct its investigation into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, as well as to take on more investigations to address a larger array of hazards.

House Introduces TSCA Reform Bill With Worker Safety Provisions

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House lawmakers introduced a bill late last month to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including provisions that would improve worker protections at chemical facilities. However, the bill didn't add more aggressive OSHA reforms that were reportedly previously floated by the agency. Sources say the bill would strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to respond to chemical exposures at worksites.

Mine/OSHA Reform Bill Introduced In Senate, Awaiting Floor Action In House

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A mine safety bill with OSHA reform provisions was recently introduced in the Senate, as a similar bill awaits floor action in the House, but sources say some Senate Democrats may be open to negotiating the OSHA parts of the bill.

OSHA Pressed To Issue Fuel Gas Standard As It Opts For Enforcement Approach

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Lawmakers intensified their push for OSHA to take immediate regulatory steps to address workplace safety in the fuel gas industry as a stopgap while the agency potentially tackles the longer process of a final standard, following the agency's decision to issue one of its largest-ever fines and send out letters to the industry warning of enforcement activity instead of pursuing a regulation.

GOP Floats Proposal To Consider Moving NIOSH To Labor Department

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OSHA might be better served in its regulatory function by moving NIOSH to the Labor Department, some Republicans have suggested, as they called during talks on mine safety legislation for a comptroller general study on whether to relocate the research agency and its Office of Mine Safety and Health. But with the failure of a GOP substitute bill in committee, the concept appears dead in the water at least for this legislative session.

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