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OSHA is years away from issuing a federal heat standard that would protect workers. Advocates say it is dire now.
The agency is early into its rule-making process, which can take many years and sometimes decades. Advocates say there is no time to wait as heat intensifies.
July 22, 2022, 11:38 AM CDT
By Melissa Chan
Amid a punishing global heat wave, the U.S. agency that sets workplace safety standards is likely many years away from issuing a federal rule that would protect workers from dangerously high temperatures, experts and a former agency official said.
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration began the process of creating such a regulation in October but is bogged down by a lack of resources, strong industry opposition and bureaucratic procedures that can span decades, Jordan Barab, a former OSHA official, said...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...cate-rcna39208
OSHA is years away from issuing a federal heat standard that would protect workers. Advocates say it is dire now.
The agency is early into its rule-making process, which can take many years and sometimes decades. Advocates say there is no time to wait as heat intensifies.
July 22, 2022, 11:38 AM CDT
By Melissa Chan
Amid a punishing global heat wave, the U.S. agency that sets workplace safety standards is likely many years away from issuing a federal rule that would protect workers from dangerously high temperatures, experts and a former agency official said.
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration began the process of creating such a regulation in October but is bogged down by a lack of resources, strong industry opposition and bureaucratic procedures that can span decades, Jordan Barab, a former OSHA official, said...