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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged... more +
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -
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Get Ready for the Heat: 7 Practical Summer Safety Tips for Employers as OSHA Takes Next Steps for National Rule

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OSHA’s long-awaited heat illness rule could be inching closer to reality, with a public hearing that could determine its fate now scheduled for June 16. While many predicted the Trump administration would stall or shelve the...more

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[Webinar] Federal and State OSHA Heat Illness Prevention (OSHA & Cal/OSHA) - April 24th, 10:00 am PT

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As temperatures begin to rise, now is the time to remind employees about the importance of heat illness prevention. Although FedOSHA made tremendous efforts towards promulgating a heat illness prevention standard for both...more

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Trump Nominates David Keeling to Lead OSHA: 7 Things Employers Need to Know

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is about to get a new leader. President Donald Trump has nominated David Keeling, a workplace safety veteran with experience at UPS and Amazon, to take the lead at the...more

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Nevada Adopts New Heat-Illness Regulation

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On November 15, 2024, Nevada adopted a heat-illness regulation (R131-24AP) designed to protect workers from rising temperatures. Nevada’s new regulation reflects a growing trend among states implementing measures to protect...more

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NJ Takes Bold Step to Protect Workers from Heat-Related Risks: Bill A.B. 5022

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In the United States, 986 workers died from heat exposure between 1992 and 2022, with the construction industry accounting for 34% of all deaths. Although the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has...more

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What Maryland Employers Need to Know About the State’s New Heat Stress Regulation

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The weather may be turning colder in Maryland but employers now have new obligations under state law to protect employees against heat hazards. Maryland’s Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) Division of Labor and Industry...more

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Fiery Debates: Current Challenges in the Modern Workplace

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Budgets and Elections - The state budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 is likely to be another record-breaker, advised Whitney Campbell Christensen, a government relations attorney who served as president of the North Carolina...more

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Comment Period Now Open for OSHA’s Proposed National Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard

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On the heels of California’s new indoor heat illness prevention standard becoming effective, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced a proposed national heat and injury illness prevention...more

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FP Snapshot on Agriculture: How Federal OSHA’s Proposed Heat Safety Rule Impacts Your Industry

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Welcome to FP Snapshot on Agriculture, where we take a quick look at a recent significant workplace law development with an emphasis on how it impacts employers in the agricultural industry. This edition focuses on the...more

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Gavel to Gavel: OSHA turns up the heat on workplace safety

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On August 30, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a proposed rule to protect millions of workers from a leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States: heat. You know, that weather...more

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OSHA Proposes New Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard

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As summer temperatures shatter records across the country, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is turning up the heat on employers in an effort to protect workers from high temperatures. In a continuation...more

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It’s Getting Hot in Here: OSHA Proposes New Heat Hazard Rules

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Did you know that OSHA does not currently have a specific standard covering heat stress hazards? Rather, OSHA uses the General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to impose requirements...more

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OSHA Marks End of Summer with Proposed Heat Standard Publication

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Summer may be coming to an end, but the regulatory landscape heated up on August 30 when the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its highly anticipated Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor...more

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OSHA Issues Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Rule

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On August 30, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its long-anticipated proposed regulation requiring affected employers to plan for and address heat exposure risks in the workplace. The proposed...more

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OSHA Publishes Hotly Anticipated Proposed Heat Standard

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At long last and at the tail-end of what is on track to be the hottest summer on record, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its first proposed heat standard on August 30, 2024. OSHA's Notice of...more

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OSHA’s First Federal Heat Standard for Outdoor and Indoor Work

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OSHA issued an unofficial version of a long-awaited proposed rule addressing heat injury and illness prevention. The official version has yet to be published in the Federal Register. The proposed rule requires employers...more

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OSHA Proposes New, Far-Reaching Workplace Heat Safety Rule

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In July 2024, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule” or “Rule”) aimed at regulating and mitigating heat-related hazards in the workplace....more

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OSHA Turns Up the Heat on Employers with New Proposed Rule

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Last summer, we described efforts of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and several states to protect workers from heat stress hazards. In July of this year, OSHA issued a notice for a proposed rule,...more

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Analysis of OSHA’s Proposed Heat Illness Prevention Rule – Sign-up for the Kickoff Meeting for CMC’s Employers Heat Rulemaking...

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By Eric J. Conn and Beeta B. Lashkari On July 2, 2024, OSHA revealed an unofficial version of its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for an Indoor and Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Rule.  For unknown reasons, OSHA has not...more

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OSHA proposes first-ever heat protection rule

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently proposed a rule that, if finalized, would establish the nation’s first-ever federal safety standard addressing excessive heat in the...more

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OSHA Releases Proposed Standard for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention

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As record-high temperatures enveloped most of the U.S. earlier this month, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a proposed rule for comprehensive heat injury and illness prevention....more

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The Burr Broadcast: OSHA Heat Illness & Injury Prevention Standards

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In this episode of The Burr Broadcast, Roni Payne outlines OSHA's recently proposed standards for Heat Injury & Illness Prevention and the related requirements for employers....more

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Hotter Than Blue Blazes! OSHA Issues New Heat Hazard Rules for Companies Operating Outdoor and Indoor Workplaces

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a Proposed Rule that could expose employers to liability when employees suffer heat illnesses in outdoor or indoor workplaces. This Rule will affect...more

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Beating the Heat – OSHA’s Newly Introduced Proposed Heat Hazard Rule

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Introduction - Following the hottest June on record and with temperatures rising as we approach the dog days of summer, OSHA recently issued a long-awaited proposed rule creating standards for heat injury and illness...more

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OSHA Proposes Heat Hazard Rules

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After years of development, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued proposed regulations last week intended to address employee exposure to dangerous heat and humidity while at work. Affected...more

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