Back in July, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a proposed rule on “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.”
According to a filing through the Federal Register, OSHA will accept public comments on the proposed rule until December 30, 2024.
0ºF. Other requirements include developing plans for workers unaccustomed to working in high heat.
Overall, the agency estimated that the net cost of heat illness protections would be less than 0.5% of revenues in an industry and geographic region that would be most significantly affected by the proposed rule.
Ways to submit your comment:
Written comments: You may submit comments and attachments, identified by Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009, electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for making electronic submissions. After accessing “all documents and comments” in the docket (Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009), check the “proposed rule” box in the column headed “Document Type,” find the document posted on the date of publication of this document, and click the “Comment Now” link. When uploading multiple attachments to regulations.gov, please number all of your attachments because regulations.gov will not automatically number the attachments. This will be very useful in identifying all attachments. For example, Attachment 1—title of your document, Attachment 2—title of your document, Attachment 3—title of your document. For assistance with commenting and uploading documents, please see the Frequently Asked Questions on regulations.gov.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency's name and the docket number for this rulemaking (Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009). All comments, including any personal information you provide, are placed in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting information they do not want made available to the public, or submitting materials that contain personal information (either about themselves or others), such as Social Security Numbers and birthdates.
Docket citations: This Federal Register document references material in Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009, which is the docket for this rulemaking.
Citations to documents: The docket referenced most frequently in this document is the docket for this rulemaking, docket number OSHA-2021-0009, cited as Document ID OSHA-2021-0009. Documents in the docket get an individual document identification number, for example “OSHA-2021-0009-0047.” Because this is the most frequently cited docket, the citation is shortened to indicate only the document number. The example is cited in the NPRM as “Document ID 0047.”
Documents cited in this NPRM are available in the rulemaking docket (Docket ID OSHA-2021-0009). They are available to read and download by searching the docket number or document ID number at https://www.regulations.gov. Each docket index lists all documents in that docket, including public comments, supporting materials, meeting transcripts, and other documents. However, some documents ( e.g., copyrighted material) in the dockets are not available to read or download from that website. All documents in the dockets are available for inspection at the OSHA Docket Office. This information can be used to search for a supporting document in the docket at www.regulations.gov. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY number: 877-889-5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions.
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