Cal/OSHA Pressed To Tighten Temperature Triggers For Indoor Heat Rules

California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) officials are facing pressure from labor unions, worker-safety advocates and some of the agency’s standards board members to tighten proposed first-time employee-safety rules for heat illness prevention at indoor worksites, primarily by lowering the temperature thresholds that trigger several worker-protection requirements. But agency staff are indicating they may reject those changes because revising the rules could significantly extend the time it takes for the board to approve them, and for the new policy to take effect. “We...