Tag: heat stress

OSHA Proposes National Worker Heat Stress Rule to Protect Indoor and Outdoor Workers from Extreme Heat

Jon Redmond /July 8, 2024

In what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is calling a “significant step toward a federal heat standard to protect workers”, the agency is issuing a Notice of Proposed…

What is Cal OSHA Proposed Rule for Indoor Heat?

Jon Redmond /July 2, 2024

Cal OSHA’s newly proposed indoor heat rule, “Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment” (Title 8, section 3396), has moved closer to approval and has potential for most California employers…

ANSI/ASSP Issues First Voluntary Consensus Standard for Construction Workers and Demolition Operations

Jon Redmond /March 13, 2024

As the Summer of 2024 approaches, employers in the construction and demolition industries can better prepare by following the newly published heat stress management guidance from the American National Standards…

Biden Admin Launches Heat.gov to Provide Heat-Related Injury Info

Jon Redmond /August 22, 2022

Last month the Biden Administration launched Heat.gov to provide real-time data and resources for employers, local officials and the public in an effort to reduce the risks of extreme heat…

Heat Hazards in the Workplace and OSHA Workplace Safety Review Podcast

Jon Redmond /June 27, 2022

Rod Harvey, Director of IH and Field Services at RHP Risk Management was a guest on the Workplace Safety Review podcast where he was interviewed by Michael T. Taylor and…