'OSHA must rapidly advance the rulemaking process for a workplace heat safety standard.'
Protection from extreme heat will only become more challenging with climate change.
Last year brought the dangers of extreme heat to the forefront. Again. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , 2021 followed the of excessive heat, as the sixth hottest year on record . Even more alarming is that the past eight years are the warmest on record since modern recording began in 1880. and I were pleased to accept an invitation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Office of the Assistant Secretary to attend a special event highlighting the administration’s efforts on labor and extreme heat.
research highlighting the effects of extreme heat on workers, and advocacy in calling for more worker protectionsto unite a national network of organizations to protect workers from heat stress in a warming climate. The event was hosted by Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh at the Sheet Metal Workers International Association in Philadelphia. I was eager to hear about the administration’s newly established National Emphasis on Heat Program under OSHA.
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