The June 18 meeting of the Cal/OSH Standards Board in Oakland will include an emergency proposal on heat illness prevention that seeks to bring “more specificity and enforceability” to General Industry Safety Orders §3395.

The proposed amendments will, according to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR):

• Clarify the provisions on when and how to provide shade, drinking water and employee training;
• Add tiered procedures to be followed when temperatures are above 85F and 95F;
• Add related requirements to implement “feasible and effective” measures for protecting employees working outdoors;
• Eliminate the definition of the “preventative recovery period.”

DIR says the board meeting will give the public an opportunity to comment on the emergency proposal. The board is expected to vote on the proposal at the same meeting.

Source : Cal-OSHA Reporter