Former OSHA Chief Urges Local Action Ahead Of Federal Heat Standard

David Michaels, who led OSHA for nearly all of the Obama administration, says local authorities should issue their own workplace protections for heat rather than waiting for the federal agency to enact its proposed standard, noting that a final version is likely years away and probably would be scrapped under a second Trump administration. “It’s going to take at least a year or two or maybe more before the rule is finalized, and of course it will never see the...