U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has indicated that it will publish an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking covering heat injury and illness prevention in both outdoor and indoor work settings.
Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh stated, “As we continue to see temperatures rise and records broken, our changing climate affects millions of America workers who are exposed to tough and potentially dangerous heat.”
Jim Frederick, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health commented, “The Advance Notice is an important part of our multi-prong initiative to protect indoor and outdoor workers from hazardous heat.”
The Advance Notice and Proposed Rulemaking will initiate a comment period to gather diverse perspective and expertise on topics such as heat-stress thresholds, heat-acclamation, planning and monitoring exposure.