Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed rule on the Emergency Response Standard comments due July 22

Through this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), OSHA proposes to issue a new safety and health standard, Emergency Response. The proposed rule would replace OSHA’s existing Fire Brigades standard, 29 CFR 1910.156, originally promulgated in 1980, that covers only a subset of present-day emergency responders (firefighters) and has only had minor updates in the 43 years since it was published. The deadline for comment submission has been extended a second time to July 22, 2024.