D.C. Circuit Vacates OSHA's PSM Retail Policy For Procedural Violations

Striking a blow to the Obama administration's efforts to bolster facility safety, a federal appeals court has vacated OSHA's controversial 2015 policy narrowing the exemption from its process safety management (PSM) standard for retailers, finding the agency unlawfully issued the memo expanding the reach of its facility worker protection rule without public input. But in the unanimous Sept. 23 ruling , a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit leaves OSHA room to tighten...