2021-23250: Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
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OSHA is initiating rulemaking to protect indoor and outdoor workers from hazardous heat and is interested in obtaining additional information about the extent and nature of hazardous heat in the workplace and the nature and effectiveness of interventions and controls used to prevent heat-related injury and illness. This ANPRM provides an overview of the problem of heat stress in the workplace and of measures that have been taken to prevent it. This ANPRM also seeks information on issues that OSHA can consider in developing the standard, including the scope of the standard and the types of controls that might be required.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 6 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 29 CFR 1910 Occupational Safety and Health Standards
- 29 CFR 1915 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Shipyard Employment
- 29 CFR 1917 Marine Terminals
- 29 CFR 1918 Safety and Health Regulations for Longshoring
- 29 CFR 1926 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
- 29 CFR 1928 Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Agriculture
Rulemaking docket
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