No surprises on OSHA’s Fall 2024 regulatory agenda

December 16, 2024

OSHA’s Fall 2024 regulatory agenda, released December 13, shows many rulemakings have been pushed into the first half of 2025, with a few proposed rules even moving into the third quarter of the year. Very few entries moved out of the stage they were in in Spring 2024.

Two entries moved to the pre-rule stage. Process Safety Management (PSM), which moved from the proposed rulemaking stage, has a projected December 2024 date to analyze stakeholder comments. The mechanical power presses update moved from the list of long-term actions, with stakeholder comments projected to be analyzed in July 2025.

COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard rulemaking moved off the rulemaking list altogether.

[Note: Bold denotes entries new to that rulemaking stage.]

Final Rule Stage
Projected publication date	Title
December 12, 2024; effective January 13, 2025	• Personal Protective Equipment in Construction
January 2025	• COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings • Procedures for Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Whistleblower Protection Statutes • Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act
February 2025	• Powered Industrial Trucks Design Standard Update
March 2025	• Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation Complaints Under the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act
June 2025	• Procedures for the Use of Administrative Subpoenas
Proposed Rule Stage
Projected publication date	Title
December 2024 (re-open rulemaking record)	• Walking-Working Surfaces
January 2025	• Infectious Diseases
Comment period extended to January 14, 2025	• Heat Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
April 2025	• Tree Care Standard
May 2025	• Welding in Construction Confined Spaces
June 2025 (analyze comments)	• Emergency Response
June 2025	• Prevention of Workplace Violence in Health Care and Social Assistance • Rapid REDON Fit-Testing Protocol: Amendment to Respiratory Protection Standard Appendix A • Amendments to the Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard
August 2025	• Shipyard Fall Protection - Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces
September 2025	• Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica: Revisions to Medical Surveillance Provisions for Medical Removal Protection • Lockout/Tagout Update
October 2025	• Communication Tower Safety
Pre-rule Stage
Projected publication date or other action	Title
December 2024 (analyze comments)	• Process Safety Management and Prevention of Major Chemical Accidents
June 2025 (analyze comments)	• Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal
July 2025 (analyze comments)	• Mechanical Power Presses Update
Long-term actions
• Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Recordkeeping Requirements – Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) Column • Powered Industrial Trucks • Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica: Revisions to Table 1 in the Standard for Construction

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December 16, 2024

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