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Cal/OSHA Rejects Lowering Temperature Triggers For Indoor Heat Rules


August 11, 2023 at 05:30 PM
As expected, California OSHA (Cal/SOHA) officials’ latest update to proposed first-time employee-safety rules for heat illness prevention at indoor worksites rejects pressure from worker-safety advocates and some of the agency’s standards board members to tighten the draft by lowering temperature thresholds that trigger protective actions.

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