May 3, 2011 at 06:34 PM
OSHA, in its latest national outreach effort to warn employers about the dangers of heat-related illness, is citing the success of a similar initiative by Cal/OSHA. The agency, which is forming a partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on weather service alerts for workers, says it has “worked closely” with the California program to adapt materials from what it described as the state’s “successful outreach campaign” on heat illness for use in the national effort. OSHA's acknowledgment and effort to emulate the success of California's state plan in the heat i