Tag: Heat Illness
CalChamber-Led Coalition: Revised Indoor Heat Illness Draft Too Burdensome for Businesses
A coalition of employer groups led by the California Chamber of Commerce continues to argue that a Cal/OSHA proposed draft indoor heat illness rule...
Outdoor Workers Subject to Heat Illness Prevention Rule
I have outdoor workers. Have there been any recent heat illness prevention regulation revisions that will affect the way I do business?
The last revisions...
Indoor Heat Illness: Coalition Criticizes Draft Rule as Too Complex, Burdensome
A coalition of employer groups led by the California Chamber of Commerce this week detailed its objections to a draft regulation to prevent heat...
Just-Signed Bill Directs Development of Indoor Heat Illness Standard
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has signed a bill directing Cal/OSHA to adopt a regulation to prevent heat illness for indoor workers.
SB 1167 (Mendoza;...
CalChamber Encourages Governor to Veto Duplicative Heat Illness Bill
The Legislature has sent to the Governor a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that unnecessarily duplicates current requirements by directing Cal/OSHA to adopt a...
Duplicative Heat Illness Bill Passes Senate Committee
A California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill that needlessly creates more heat illness prevention regulations passed a Senate policy committee this week.
SB 1167 (Leyva; D-Chino)...
Join Cal/OSHA for Call on Heat Illness Prevention Standard
Updates on topics relating to California’s Heat Illness Prevention Standard will be the subject of a conference call on September 15.
The call, scheduled for...
Outdoor Workers Subject to New Heat Illness Prevention Rule on May 1
I have outdoor workers. How are recent heat illness prevention regulation revisions going to affect the way I do business?
On September 25, 2014, the...
New Heat Illness Regulations to Take Effect May 1
Changes to California’s heat illness prevention regulations will take effect on May 1, in time for this year’s growing season and warmer summer weather,...
Heat Illness Rules: More Changes Coming; CalChamber Seeks Clarification of Terms
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Standards Board has adopted changes to California’s unique heat illness prevention regulations.
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board...
