Conn Maciel Carey LLP

October 16th, 2025
10:00 AM PT

A second Trump administration has, unsurprisingly, brought with it some changes in the process safety landscape. Controversial EPA regulations have been rolled back and OSHA’s long anticipated updates to the PSM standard have stalled out yet again. CSB has also affected process safety, rolling out new investigation reports and industry recommendations. We will discuss the impacts of these changes on compliance and enforcement.

Cal/OSHA’s PSM Unit has been busy this year, adding multiple inspectors and dramatically increasing enforcement activities. We will discuss enforcement trends and strategies for successfully navigating a Cal/OSHA PSM inspection.

This process safety update will:

  • Review the status of OSHA’s rulemaking and EPA’s RMP and their impacts on enforcement
  • Discuss lessons learned from recent CSB activity
  • Analyze other process safety related developments at OSHA under the second Trump Administration
  • Examine the latest enforcement trends in Cal/OSHA’s PSM program
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