Heat Illness

December 17, 2024

California Issues First-of-its-kind Willful Heat Standard Violation

On December 12, 2024, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) announced a first-of-its-kind citation for a willful violation of California’s Heat Illness Prevention regulations. Per the Agency’s press release, the citation carries with it a $276,425 penalty for deliberately and knowingly failing to follow heat protection requirements. Cal/OSHA’s findings include a failure… Continue reading

Climate Change, Water

Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Heat Illness, Water
March 4, 2019

OSHRC Rules No General Duty Clause Hazard Or Feasible Abatement For Heat Exposure

In a 2-1 decision on February 28, 2019, the full Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (“OSHRC”) vacated the U.S. Secretary of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) citation charging a roofing contractor with a “general duty clause” violation for exposing employees “to the hazard of excessive heat from working on a commercial roof… Continue reading

OSHA

29 U.S.C. § 654, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, Health & Safety Developments, Heat Illness, OSHA, OSHA Regulation, OSHRC, Sturgill