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As the Obama administration prepares to enter its final year, the most recent regulatory agenda shows what loose ends OSHA is hoping to tie up.

One state intends to update permissible exposure limits for as many as six chemicals. Find out more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA’s latest regulatory agenda was released, and it includes expected publication dates for several final rules. Find out when those rules may be published in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA officials are fond of pointing to studies that find agency inspections lead to improved safety and health, but a new report suggests OSHA needs to do more.

What might an emergency response and preparedness rule from OSHA look like? An agency advisory committee will meet to find out. Find out more about this story and others in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

A government report calls out OSHA on the agency’s lack of measurements for evaluating programs. Learn the details in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Do you have ideas for improving whistleblower protection? OSHA wants to hear them. Find out more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Penalties for OSHA violations are about to get steeper. Much, much steeper.

OSHA fines are set to increase for the first time in a quarter century. Find out how much employers might have to pay and what a recent study suggests about the effect of penalties on workplace safety in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA has delayed enforcing a new interpretation of its Process Safety Management Standard. Find out why, and what lawmakers have to say about it in this week’s OSHA Roundup.