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Agency will allow a Trump-era rule to take effect but also will propose new steps to clarify actions and boost funding to meet Biden goal of replacing 100% of nation’s lead service pipes.

Industry's workplace fatalities dip 5% in 2020, but fatality rate is up to 10.2 per 100,000 workers from 9.7.

Atlantic Coast Utilities had been targeted by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration in connection with a double fatality.

The Build Back Better bill has safety measures that would drive top fines way up.

65 residents were evacuated Dec. 2 from a six-story building in Waukesha, Wis., due to structural issues the city said had made it unsafe for occupancy.

The Houston Ship Channel Bridge project will resume after design concerns halted work.

Dec. 3 ruling in conservative court supports claim of unclear government authority, halting order only in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee; separately, Cincinnati court declines government request to accelerate appeal of halt to OSHA vaccine rule for large private employers, and NYC orders new mandate for all businesses.