National Association of Home Builders and Chamber of Commerce, et al. v. OSHA

Case Updates

The D.C. Circuit denied NCLC's petition for review.

NCLC urged the DC Circuit to review and invalidate a new OSHA rule that assesses penalties for each worker affected by a single OSHA violation, instead of assessing a single penalty for a single violation. The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires OSHA to assess a penalty for each “condition” or “practice,” not for each employee. The new OSHA rule radically expands the scope and cost of penalties for OSHA violations.