September 16, 2026

Groups Weigh Draft Cal/OSHA Rules To Expand Heat Illness-Prevention Rules


June 13, 2025 at 06:20 PM
As the Trump administration prepares to hear stakeholder views on a Biden-era OSHA rule setting heat-protection standards, groups in California are weighing a Cal/OSHA plan to strengthen the state’s heat illness-prevention standards as required by a 2022 law, which was prompted by fears of the potential impacts of hotter temperatures caused by climate change.

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