January 23, 2026 · The CSB commended the St. Louis, Missouri, Board of Aldermen for following its recommendation to revise the city’s Mechanical Code to meet national pressure vessels and boiler standards.
January 19, 2026 · The Earthmoving Equipment Safety course from 360 Immersive introduces learners to potential hazards they may encounter while operating construction machinery, meeting OSHA standards.
January 16, 2026 · 3M’s Fall Protection Harness Inspection VR training course will challenge trainees to identify four defects in two minutes. On replay they will encounter different defects each time.
January 9, 2026 · OSHA ordered Balkan Express LLC to reinstate a worker after they reported safety concerns and pay $100,000. FMCSA inspectors placed 23% of the company’s fleet OOS in the past two years.
December 30, 2025 · After inspections found some Mexican train crews could not understand safety requirements in English, the FRA is stopping uncertified crews at customs and limiting them to 10 miles from point of entry.
December 30, 2025 · After a fatal explosion, the CSB called on U.S. Steel to conduct a facility siting evaluation at its Clairton Coke Works to address immediate hazards to workers based on building locations.
December 23, 2025 · OSHA cited New Horizons Baking $394,849 for three repeat and nine serious violations involving lockout/tagout, guarding, caught-between, caught-in, pinch-point, and struck-by hazards.
December 22, 2025 · OSHA fined Easton, Conn.-based Sound Construction $1.2 million. After a fatal 2023 trench collapse, a follow-up inspection found numerous willful hazards, from training to shield use.
December 18, 2025 · A CSB investigation update indicates hazardous nitrogen oxide gas released at Austin Powder in Ohio when a cooling system was shut down and in Tennessee during failed reactor startups.
December 16, 2025 · OSHA cited Virginia Transformer Corp. $986,888 for 53 violations after a follow-up inspection at its Pocatello, Idaho facility, which was cited 99 times since VTC acquired it in 2003.
December 1, 2025 · Since 2015, OSHA investigated four injuries from slicers, conveyors, and turntables at Taylor Fresh Foods Inc. Following a fatality, the company now faces over $1M in proposed fines.
December 1, 2025 · OSHA proposed fines of over $1M on Taylor Fresh Foods Inc. and PL Solutions Group, citing a lack of lockout/tagout procedures, after a worker was killed while cleaning a machine.
November 14, 2025 · President Trump signed a continuing resolution Nov. 12, allowing safety agencies to resume full operations until Jan. 30. FY26 appropriations must be finalized before the new deadline.
October 7, 2025 · Seven U.S. safety associations - ABSA International, AIHA, ASSP, HFES, IHMM, ISEA, and NSC - have urged Congress and President Trump to keep the government open during budget negotiations.
October 7, 2025 · MSHA will continue regular quarterly and semiannual inspections, along with air and dust environmental sampling, during the October 2025 U.S. Federal government shutdown.