OSHA Accelerates Work On Heat Standard, Eyeing Small Business Review

OSHA’s director of standards and guidance is vowing that the agency will move quickly on its long-awaited nationwide heat danger standard, telling a key advisory committee that it is actively developing new guidance and expects to initiate a small-business consultation within months. During a Jan. 10 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH), OSHA standards director Andrew Levinson urged the panel to quickly finalize its recommendations for the heat standard, because “OSHA is not sitting...