Parker Urges Employers To Provide ‘Gap-Filling’ Data For Heat Rule

OSHA chief Douglas Parker says he is looking to employers’ comments to help fill gaps in OSHA’s data on workplace heat dangers and mitigation methods as the agency crafts a long-awaited rule on the subject, telling viewers on an Oct. 9 webinar that the wide scope of its proposed standard “raises lots of issues” that will require stakeholder input to resolve. Speaking on the employer law firm Keller & Heckman’s “OSHA 30/30” webinar series, Parker called the heat rule “our...