September 16, 2026

OSHA Chief Parker Seeks ‘Stories’ On Heat Danger To Bolster Proposed Rule


September 10, 2024 at 04:08 PM
OSHA chief Doug Parker is urging workers and safety advocates to use public comments on the agency’s proposed heat-illness standard to tell “stories” of dangers they and their co-workers have faced from excessive heat and how businesses have successfully addressed them, in order to illustrate the potential benefits of new safety measures.

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