September 16, 2026

OSHA Sends Long-Delayed Heat Standard Proposal For OMB Review

By Sarah Mattalian
June 12, 2024 at 06:13 PM
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has begun formal interagency review of OSHA’s long-awaited plan to set a nationwide heat illness and injury prevention standard, after years of development and repeated calls from worker-safety advocates for officials to quickly complete the rulemaking as global temperatures have spiked.

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