State plan to protect workers from extreme heat gets pushback from industry

[TexasTowelie]

When workers die in extreme heat, it’s rarely because employers have ignored workplace heat standards. It’s because there are none.

There are no federal standards to protect workers from heat-related hazards, even as heat waves become more intense and more frequent due to climate change.

Under the Biden administration, the Occupational, Safety and Health Administration plans to create a federal heat standard, but that process could take years, leaving state rules as the only near-term option to protect workers.

Nevada, like most states, has no specific regulations on how employers should handle heat illness. However, that may soon change.

Read more: https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2022/02/03/state-plan-to-protect-workers-from-extreme-heat-gets-pushback-from-industry/

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. To the rich pigs

Who exploit workers to them workers are expendable. Since the pigs want more and more they have no empathy for suffering people if they arent thier rich people traitor friends.

[johnnyplankton]

2. Extreme heat causes more deaths than any other weather-related event...

according to the CDC. The effects on students, workers, and the general population are brutal. Check out this report by the Urban Land Institute...

https://boston.uli.org/uli-resources/living-with-heat/