OSHA cited RBG Foods Inc., operating a Bowden, Georgia Piggly Wiggly supermarket, after a meat department worker lost four fingers when a co-worker stepped on a commercial grinder's foot-control pedal while the employee was cleaning the machine. The employer received a willful violation for bypassing machine safety guards, a serious violation for lacking a hazardous energy control (lockout/tagout) program, and an other-than-serious violation for failing to report the amputation to OSHA within 24 hours. Proposed penalties total $196,251.

For the first time since annual adjustments began under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the Department of Labor will make no inflation adjustment to its civil monetary penalties for 2026 — OSHA maximum penalties remain at 2025 levels. The Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish October 2025 CPI-U data because of the appropriations lapse, and the statute permits no alternative calculation, so OMB memorandum M-26-11 directed agencies to continue applying 2025 penalty amounts. The Department plans a thorough review of its civil penalties in 2027.

OSHA hosted the 13th annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction May 4–8, 2026, encouraging construction employers nationwide to pause work for fall-prevention training, hazard recognition exercises, safety demonstrations, and toolbox talks. The agency also signed a new alliance with Construction Safety Week reinforcing the "All in Together" campaign. Falls remain the leading cause of fatalities in construction; OSHA emphasizes job-specific risk controls for roofing, ladder use, and scaffolding.