OSHA Steps Up Heat-Danger Enforcement Amid Broad White House Push

OSHA is strengthening enforcement and outreach “to better protect heat-exposed workers” as part of a larger “multi-prong” initiative from the Biden administration to combat heat-related illness, after worker-safety and environmental groups pressed the White House for action following this summer’s record-setting heat waves. The administration announced on Sept. 20 a host of actions from several agencies aimed at stemming heat dangers, including a nationwide OSHA enforcement initiative that will target “heat-related interventions and inspections of work activities on days when...