May 7, 2024
Cal/OSHA Drops Jails From Indoor Heat Rule To Avoid Finance Office’s Denial
California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) plans to exempt local and state correctional facilities from its sweeping new indoor heat worker-safety rules and resubmit the regulatory package to state administrators for approval, after state finance officials warned the agency they plan to reject the prior version over its economic impacts. “[W]e have identified a path forward that will allow a revised indoor heat rulemaking package to move forward and be in effect sometime this summer,” said Cal/OSHA Deputy Chief Eric Berg during an...
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