Revised: OSHA Rules

The Trump administration aims to revise over 40 workplace safety rules, narrowing or removing provisions seen as obstacles to technological and economic progress. The OSHA Standards Improvement Project 2025 proposes changes to numerous Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards. Key changes include excluding hazards “inherent and inseparable from the core nature” of a job from protections under the general duty clause, updating medical evaluation requirements for respiratory protection, and ending coordinated enforcement efforts for migrant farm workers—despite concerns this could harm those workers. Regulatory changes also cite recent Supreme Court decisions and executive orders to limit agency powers. Additionally, the US Mine Safety and Health Administration plans to amend regulations, such as removing MSHA district managers’ authority over mine ventilation plans.