Federal and State OSHA Heat Illness Prevention (Cal/OSHA Crossover)

As temperatures begin to rise, now is the time for employers to renew their focus on heat illness prevention.  Although Fed OSHA made significant progress towards promulgating a heat illness prevention standard for both outdoor and indoor work settings during the Biden Administration, it stopped short of the finish line.  Fed OSHA, however, still has many enforcement tools at its disposal.  Additionally, many OSH State Plan states have promulgated their own heat illness prevention standards, including California (separate standards for outdoor and indoor heat), Washington (outdoor heat), Oregon (single standard for both outdoor and indoor heat), Minnesota (indoor heat and cold stress), Maryland (single standard for both outdoor and indoor heat) and Nevada (single standard for both outdoor and indoor heat).

Employers should start getting ready to implement heat illness prevention and mitigation measures now, first and foremost, to protect their employees, and to avoid potential OSHA citations.  Join us for our webinar discussing FedOSHA’s heat illness rulemaking – its status, scope and what it may require – as well as the other significant steps Federal and State OSHAs are taking to address heat illness.

Participants in this webinar will learn:

• The latest FedOSHA and state rulemaking efforts, including emphasis programs
• Strategies for reviewing and updating heat illness prevention plans and training
• Summary of 2025 enforcement trends and predictions for 2026