The legislation from Rep. Andy Biggs will not move forward, an employment lawyer told Construction Dive, but other new ...

The lessons from 2024 are clear: as temperatures rise, so must our commitment to protecting workers. Organizations must take ...

As a brief recap, OSHA initiated its rulemaking for a standard regulating Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings on October 27, 2021, when OSHA published an Advanced ...

The second term of President Donald J. Trump started with a flurry of executive orders, presidential memoranda, and directives, some of which ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Despite countless First Alert Weather Days due to extreme heat and breaking another record with 56 days ...

But on Nov. 27, 2024, Cal/OSHA fined Parkwood Landscape Maintenance in Van Nuys $276,425 for willfully violating state heat illness prevention regulations for outdoor workplaces. That is the first ...

has submitted comments on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard, stressing the need for flexibility to address heat ...

Last year, a bill to protect New York’s workers from extreme heat failed to gain traction, eclipsed by a new federal rule proposed by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

After that, businesses must create a written safety program that addresses issues such as access to potable water and breaks for employees showing signs of heat illness. Nevada’s Occupational ...

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson told state lawmakers Tuesday morning that human error was to blame for heat-related ...

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