--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | High-heat procedures description: High-heat procedures | 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 ## [Maryland creates heat stress rules for indoor and outdoor work](https://blog.stpub.com/maryland-creates-heat-stress-rules-for-indoor-and-outdoor-work) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Dec 23, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Heat.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/maryland-creates-heat-stress-rules-for-indoor-and-outdoor-work) Working in excessive heat can cause illness, whether outdoors (this summer again brought record-breaking heat to parts of North America), or indoors where equipment, combustion or other factors raise ambient working temperatures. Occupational safety and health agencies have slowly been expanding explicit requirements that employers protect their workers against heat stress. Most recently, the Maryland Department of Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) adopted Heat Stress Standards effective September 30, 2024 (COMAR 09.12.32). [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/maryland-creates-heat-stress-rules-for-indoor-and-outdoor-work) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/maryland-creates-heat-stress-rules-for-indoor-and-outdoor-work#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Heat](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat), [Maryland heat stress standards](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/maryland-heat-stress-standards), [MOSH heat regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/mosh-heat-regulations), [Workplace heat protection](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-heat-protection), [Heat index compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-index-compliance), [Occupational safety and heat illness](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/occupational-safety-and-heat-illness), [Heat stress prevention plan](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/heat-stress-prevention-plan), [High-heat procedures](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/high-heat-procedures), [OSHA proposed heat standards](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha-proposed-heat-standards) [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