--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Be Heat Smart description: Be Heat Smart | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [OSHA proposes workplace heat protection standard](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-workplace-heat-protection-standard) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Sep 09, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Heat.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-workplace-heat-protection-standard) On August 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its proposal to adopt a new Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard (29 CFR 1910.148) covering most OSHA-regulated employers. This rulemaking expands OSHA’s ongoing efforts to protect workers against heat hazards; previously, the agency has emphasized that known heat hazards trigger the Employer’s General Duty Clause (I wrote about OSHA’s National Emphasis Program for both outdoor and indoor workplaces [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-launches-national-emphasis-program-to-address-workplace-heat-hazards)).   [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-workplace-heat-protection-standard) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-proposes-workplace-heat-protection-standard#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Safety and Health at Work](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-and-health-at-work), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Heat](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat), [Be Heat Smart](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/be-heat-smart) ## [California adds heat protection rules for indoor workplaces](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adds-heat-protection-rules-for-indoor-workplaces) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Aug 07, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/heat.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adds-heat-protection-rules-for-indoor-workplaces) This summer has again brought record-breaking heat to parts of North America. Outdoor work in the summer sun can lead to heat illness, as can indoor work in spaces that aren’t sufficiently insulated or cooled. Since 2005, California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) administers detailed regulatory requirements for outdoor workplaces; other jurisdictions have since adopted similar requirements (I wrote about these [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness)). Indoor workplaces have been considered, too (the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) initiated a National Emphasis Program for both outdoor and indoor workplaces in 2021, which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-launches-national-emphasis-program-to-address-workplace-heat-hazards)). On July 23, 2024, California adopted new requirements governing indoor workplaces (8 California Code of Regulations (CCR) 3396), which I discuss in the rest of this note. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adds-heat-protection-rules-for-indoor-workplaces) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/california-adds-heat-protection-rules-for-indoor-workplaces#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Safety and Health at Work](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-and-health-at-work), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Heat Wave](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-wave), [Heat](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat), [Be Heat Smart](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/be-heat-smart) ## [Washington revises heat protection rules](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-revises-heat-protection-rules) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Aug 04, 2023 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-edgar-toro-12222682%20copy.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-revises-heat-protection-rules) This summer is again bringing record-breaking heat to parts of North America. Outdoor work in the summer sun can lead to heat illness, as can indoor work in spaces that aren’t sufficiently insulated or cooled. Since 2008, Washington state has required employer actions to protect employees from extreme heat during summer months, through rules administered by the Department of Labor & Industries’ (L&I’s) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (I discussed the pre-2023 rules [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules)). Effective July 17, 2023, L&I has updated its Outdoor Heat Exposures rules, revising and expanding the requirements and making them applicable year-round. The remainder of this note summarizes the changing requirements. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-revises-heat-protection-rules) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-revises-heat-protection-rules#comments-listing) Tags: [Protecting employees](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/protecting-employees), [Heat](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat), [Be Heat Smart](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/be-heat-smart), [heat illness](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-illness), [Labor & Industries](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/labor-industries) ## [Washington enforcing summertime heat and wildfire protection rules](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Jul 18, 2022 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/heat-1.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules) This summer is again bringing record-breaking heat to parts of North America. It's time to remember that outdoor work in the summer sun can lead to heat illness, as can indoor work in spaces that aren’t sufficiently insulated or cooled. It’s also time to consider the possible impacts of local or regional wildfires on workplace air quality. Washington state provides useful benchmarks for these considerations, through rules administered every summer by the Department of Labor & Industries’ (L&I’s) Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The remainder of this note summarizes those requirements. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/washington-enforcing-summertime-heat-and-wildfire-protection-rules#comments-listing) Tags: [Wildfire](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/wildfire), [Heat Wave](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-wave), [Heat](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat), [Be Heat Smart](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/be-heat-smart), [heat illness](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-illness), [Washington](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/washington) ## [OSHA begins work-related heat illness rulemaking](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-begins-work-related-heat-illness-rulemaking) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Nov 15, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/thermometer-background-sun-3d-rendering-1.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-begins-work-related-heat-illness-rulemaking) On October 27, the US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published an “advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)”, as the first step toward national heat illness prevention rules. This action is the agency’s second recent step to define and combat these hazards – several states already administer such rules. OSHA’s first step was to release new “Inspection Guidance for Heat-Related Hazards” on September 1 (I wrote about it [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness-0)). The remainder of this note summarizes issues raised and questions asked in the ANPRM. 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