Worker Heat Stress Training Is Employers’ Duty, Panel Tells OSHA

A federal rule protecting workers from heat stress should include requirements for written prevention plans, training, and acclimatization, an OSHA advisory panel agreed Wednesday.

But there was no recommendation from the National Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health on what temperatures should trigger a requirement for employers to protect workers indoors and outdoors.

The committee, whose members include union and employer representatives, voted 10-0 to approve a report that outlines what topics the heat rule should cover.

Committee member Rebecca Reindel, co-chair of the work group that developed the report and director of safety and health for the ...