OSHRC Heat-Danger Decisions Could Speed OSHA Standard, Attorney Says

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission’s (OSHRC) two recent rulings that rejected OSHA heat-stress citations applying the general duty clause could motivate the agency to more quickly enact its long-promised safety standard specifically governing heat hazards, an employer attorney says. OSHA’s heat-danger rulemaking could be “more imminent than it ever has been” after OSHRC’s recent decisions set a precedent for identifying hazardous temperatures that employers may struggle to interpret, Keller & Heckman attorney Manesh Rath told a March 22...