SEPTEMBER 2021
Source: Department of Labor
OSHA Area Directors across the nation will institute the following:
● Prioritize inspections of heat-related complaints, referrals and employer-reported illnesses and initiate an onsite investigation where possible.
● Instruct compliance safety and health officers, during their travels to job sites, to conduct an intervention (providing the agency's heat poster/wallet card, discuss the importance of easy access to cool water, cooling areas and acclimatization) or opening an inspection when they observe employees performing strenuous work in hot conditions.
● Expand the scope of other inspections to address heat-related hazards where worksite conditions or other evidence indicates these hazards may be present.