California’s indoor heat illness prevention standards go into effect immediately and apply to most indoor workplaces where indoor temperatures reach 82°F. California’s indoor heat worker protections were approved yesterday by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). This new regulation goes into effect immediately to protect indoor workers from heat illness.
Many employees operate machines that must be shut down, locked out, and tagged during cleaning, servicing, and adjusting operations, but there is an exception for operations that require the machine to be in motion, or that are minor, routine, and repetitive during normal production operations. Those operations must be performed
Be aware that an OSHA violation can be used against an employer in an injured employee’s workers’ comp claim. If OSHA determines that a workplace injury resulted from a safety violation, it could provide the basis for a “serious and willful misconduct” claim in the workers’ comp case, which can
As temperatures rise in outdoor workplaces, Cal-OSHA is putting special emphasis on heat illness prevention. Enforcement personnel are required to investigate heat-related complaints by on-site inspection within 24 hours. This is the time to brush up on the Heat Illness Prevention standards: water, rest, shade, effective training, and a written Heat
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