--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Heat Wave description: Heat Wave | 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 ## [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 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 launches National Emphasis Program to address workplace heat hazards](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-launches-national-emphasis-program-to-address-workplace-heat-hazards) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, May 24, 2022 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/heat-hazard.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-launches-national-emphasis-program-to-address-workplace-heat-hazards) On April 8, 2022, the US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) established a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to focus enforcement resources on “Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards.” The NEP is OSHA’s latest step to manage and reduce heat illness in workplaces. Earlier actions include “Inspection Guidance for Heat-Related Hazards” on September 1, 2021 (I wrote about it [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness-0)), and an “advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM)” on these topics issued on October 27, 2021 (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-begins-work-related-heat-illness-rulemaking)). The remainder of this note summarizes the NEP. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-launches-national-emphasis-program-to-address-workplace-heat-hazards) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-launches-national-emphasis-program-to-address-workplace-heat-hazards#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [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) ## [OSHA begins nationwide effort to prevent work-related heat illness](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness-0) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Oct 13, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Heat.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness-0) In September 2021, the US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its first steps toward nationwide enhancement of efforts to protect workers from heat illness. The effort will cover both outdoor work in the sun and ambient heat, and indoor work in hot areas or heat-retaining clothing and equipment. OSHA’s first step was to release new “Inspection Guidance for Heat-Related Hazards” on September 1. The remainder of this note discusses this policy, and identifies additional context that clarifies ambiguous points. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness-0) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness-0#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Heat Wave](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-wave), [Heat](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat) ## [Preventing Work-related Heat Illness](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Jun 29, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/thermometer-background-sun-3d-rendering.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness) Summer has arrived, 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. In the United States, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and most state OSH programs provide guidance to employers and their workers. California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) administers detailed regulatory requirements for outdoor first promulgated in 2005, and Washington has enforced state-level rules since 2007. Canadian occupational health and safety agencies also recognize “thermal stress” as a workplace hazard, with attention to both heat and cold. California has been working on standards for indoor workplaces since 2017. If you have outdoor workers in California you must comply with the following requirements, while if you're anywhere else you should at least consider them.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/preventing-work-related-heat-illness#comments-listing) Tags: [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [CalEPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/calepa), [Canada](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/canada), [Heat Wave](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-wave), [Heat](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved