Health and Safety Law Report
What can employers do to avoid OSHA citations and keep employees safe? Attorneys Abbie White and Doug Jenks address employers' concerns regarding health and safety law. The hosts seek to provide information (in non-legal language) regarding jobsite health and safety. If you are looking for legalese, this podcast is probably not for you. But if you want some help navigating the health and safety regulatory environment, then please tune in.
Health and Safety Law Report
The Heat is On! OSHA is Closer than Ever to a Heat Illness Prevention Standard
OSHA is inching closer to adopting a standard for heat illness prevention. In this smokin' hot episode of the Health and Safety Law Report, your intrepid hosts discuss the likely contents of the new standard, and also talk about what OSHA expects employers to do right now to protect employees from heat hazards.
For more information, please see OSHA's heat stress web page.
See also the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health's agenda and notes from it April 24, 2024, meeting regarding the new standard.
And here is the transcript from that meeting.