Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Rules in Development
Oregon OSHA is engaged in active rulemaking on the topics below. If you have questions about these projects, or you are interested in participating in the process, contact Oregon OSHA staff.
2025 Oregon OSHA Rulemaking Plan (as of April 11, 2025)
The Lead rulemaking is currently underway, and the Advisory Group will meet again in 2025; the agency does not have an anticipated date of proposal at this time.
The Hazard Communication rulemaking is currently on-hold until federal OSHA publishes final corrections, this could potentially occur in 2025 or a future year.
Note: This plan could change at the end of the
2025 Oregon Legislative Session in June.
Summary: The Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL) Advisory Committee evaluated Oregon OSHA's regulated substances listed in our air contaminant rules. Lead and Manganese were the first standards selected for revision because workers in Oregon were exposed to these substances across a wide range of industries.
Timetable: The rulemaking process for Lead was initiated in late 2017 but was suspended to allow rulemaking for Manganese and COVID-19 to be completed. The rulemaking process for Lead was restarted in May of 2023. If you would like to join the advisory group that will meet again in 2025, contact Linda Pressnell and provide your name, contact information, and affiliation. For meeting minutes and more information about the advisory group activities, see the
Lead Advisory Group webpage.
Oregon OSHA staff contact:
Linda Pressnell
Oregon OSHA – Technical Specialist
350 Winter Street NE
Salem OR 97301-3882
Telephone: 971-330-0502
Email:
linda.s.pressnell@dcbs.oregon.gov
Summary: The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration drafted the revised hazard communication standard for commercial products to better protect workers and align US requirements closer to international guidance set by the UN in 2017 (RIN:1218-AC93). The current hazard communications standard, last revised in 2012, requires chemical manufacturers or importers to classify the dangers of chemicals and to notify users and customers by labeling containers and providing safety data sheets. Employers must provide their workers with information and training about the chemicals they are exposed to. Chemical manufacturers and others have new requirements for commercial product warning labels. The final rule was published 5/20/2024 in the Federal Register. There is a
FAQ on the federal OSHA website.
Timetable: Oregon OSHA is in the early stages of rulemaking to adopt identical to the revised standard. It is expected the first RAG committee meeting will occur at the end of June 2024. For meeting information and updates, see the Hazard Communication Advisory Group page.
On September 24, 2024, Oregon OSHA filed a notice of proposed rulemaking to adopt changes to Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) published in the May 20, 2024, Federal Register. However, on October 9, 2024, federal OSHA published corrections and technical amendments to the Hazard Communication standard, as well as indicated their intent to make additional corrections in the future. Given the uncertainty in the final language of federal OSHA’s Hazard Communication standard, Oregon OSHA will re-evaluate this rulemaking process after federal OSHA publishes corrections in the Federal Register or otherwise provides information regarding corrections.
Oregon OSHA staff contact:
Linda Pressnell
Oregon OSHA – Technical Specialist
350 Winter Street NE
Salem OR 97301-3882
Telephone: 971-330-0502
Email:
linda.s.pressnell@dcbs.oregon.gov
Jennifer Stewart
350 Winter Street NE
Salem OR 97301-3882
Telephone: 503-378-3272
Email:
Jennifer.Stewart2@dcbs.oregon.gov