California employers would have to protect indoor workers from heat stress hazards any time the inside temperature or interior heat index is 87 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, according to a proposed state rule.
The draft indoor heat illness prevention standard is set for a public hearing May 18 with the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. The state already has a heat rule aimed at protecting outdoors workers.
California’s move to adopt a standard comes at the same time the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is developing its own heat regulation (RIN-1218-AD39) but hasn’t released a ...
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