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New Mexico is the next state to propose a heat exposure rule for workers. The New Mexico Environment Department has proposed a rule aimed at preventing heat-related illnesses and injuries in the workplace....more
Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) officially published its long-awaited rule proposal to establish a workplace heat standard to address a leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S....more
On the heels of California’s new indoor heat illness prevention standard becoming effective, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced a proposed national heat and injury illness prevention...more
On August 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a proposed new rule aimed at addressing the adverse effects of heat in the workplace. The proposed rule - titled Heat Injury and Illness...more
On August 30, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a proposed rule to protect millions of workers from a leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States: heat. You know, that weather...more
On August 30, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its long-anticipated proposed regulation requiring affected employers to plan for and address heat exposure risks in the workplace. The proposed...more
At long last and at the tail-end of what is on track to be the hottest summer on record, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its first proposed heat standard on August 30, 2024. OSHA's Notice of...more
OSHA issued an unofficial version of a long-awaited proposed rule addressing heat injury and illness prevention. The official version has yet to be published in the Federal Register. The proposed rule requires employers...more
Last summer, we described efforts of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and several states to protect workers from heat stress hazards. In July of this year, OSHA issued a notice for a proposed rule,...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently proposed a rule that, if finalized, would establish the nation’s first-ever federal safety standard addressing excessive heat in the...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a Proposed Rule that could expose employers to liability when employees suffer heat illnesses in outdoor or indoor workplaces. This Rule will affect...more