ASAToday for June 26th, 2025

Update on the Political and Legislative Landscape For the past 18 months polling has consistently shown that 70% of the voters believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction. The combination of COVID, soaring inflation, and a lack of faith in our political leaders has clearly taken its toll on the public’s confidence,…

ASA Considers MSHA Silica Proposal ASA, along with the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC), are drafting comments on the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Silica Proposal, which has extended the comment period until September 11th, 2023. It seems that there could be some conflicts between the MSHA proposal and the OSHA final regulations, which…

OSHA’s Worker Heat Rule? Since 2021, OSHA has been working on a heat stress rule, following a decade’s worth of advocacy groups and members of Congress calling for action. Supporters of a rule cite a changing climate and worker heated-related deaths as drivers of their concern. Outside of the rulemaking, the agency has been conducting an annual…