Proposed safety measures include better training, shade and break requirements and ready access to drinking water. Between ...

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

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

Each year brings more warm days than the one before, meaning safety for outside sports, especially football, must be ...

The American Building Materials Alliance (ABMA) has announced the submission of its comprehensive comments on OSHA’s proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard (Docket No. OSHA–2021–0009).

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 ...

Early the week of January 13, NWRA submitted comments on OSHA’s proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard, stressing the need for flexibility to address heat risks across diverse work ...

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 ...

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.

who led the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as it drafted the new rule. “It was really the result of the continuous work by workers who are exposed to heat and their advocates ...

The agency’s first-ever draft rule to protect workers from rising temperatures is in limbo as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take control. Democrats are making their case for a ...