Punching In: OSHA Tarries With Its Heat Rule as Summer Looms

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

OSHA Trying to Beat the Heat | Gig Worker Rulemaking Post-Weil

Bruce Rolfsen: It’s seven weeks to the official start of summer—June 21—and Western U.S. states are rolling out worker protection heat stress standards while federal OSHA talks about it.

Although it seems simple to enact heat protection requirements—provide a place to cool off, rest, and liquids—a challenge is setting threshold temperatures. The trigger points are based on such concerns as humidity, cloud cover, wind, how much clothing a worker is wearing, and whether the worker is experienced with hot ...