Advocates Renew Call For OSHA Standard To Protect Workers From Heat

The Center for Progressive Reform (CPR), a group that advocates for strict health and safety protections, is renewing long-standing calls for OSHA to issue a national standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and death, an effort that will likely take shape in the next administration. In an Aug. 11 blog post CPR's Katie Tracy argues that rising temperatures will increase risks to workers, and that the agency's current enforcement under the General Duty Clause (GDC) is inadequate to protect...