On January 14, 2025, the Coalition for Workplace Safety and 81 employer organizations filed comments on OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Proposed Rule. We call on OSHA to withdraw the proposed rule, because “it fails to consider the extensive concerns provided during the SBREFA process regarding the inflexibility of the requirements” and “creates substantial confusion and burdens for employers in several areas, without proof of commensurate benefit to employees.” We also point out that OSHA’s existing “Water.Rest.Shade” resources provide excellent guidance, while the proposed rule creates more burdens than it solves. That said, if OSHA chooses to move forward with the proposed rule, we call on OSHA to “substantially modify it with flexibility as the guidepost.”
