The Occupational Safety and Health Administration formally released its proposed rule on “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings” that was published on the Department of Labor’s website on July 2.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced four upcoming Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act meetings throughout September to discuss the development of a standard for heat injury and illness prevention in outdoor and indoor work settings.
The Department of Labor announced upcoming opportunities in 2023 for small business owners and other entities to join the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for a series of Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act panels to explain the possible impacts to small business from OSHA’s pending rulemaking on heat injury and illness prevention in outdoor and indoor work settings.
At its May 31 meeting, the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health adopted the recommendations of its Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Task Group on key elements for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s heat injury and illness prevention standard.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration held a meeting of its National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on Jan. 10 to hear updates from Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Jim Frederick and a report from NACOSH’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Work Group.
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) announced virtual public meetings of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health and the NACOSH Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Work Group on June 30, 2022.
