Labor Department, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA is initiating rulemaking to protect indoor and outdoor workers from hazardous heat and is interested in obtaining additional information about the extent and nature of hazardous heat in the workplace and the nature and effectiveness of interventions and controls used to prevent heat-related injury and illness. This ANPRM provides an overview of the problem of heat stress in the workplace and of measures that have been taken to prevent it. This ANPRM also seeks information on issues that OSHA can consider in developing the standard, including the scope of the standard and the types of controls that might be required.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and 1928 [Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009] RIN 1218-AD39 AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM). SUMMARY: OSHA is initiating rulemaking to protect indoor and outdoor workers from hazardous heat and is interested in obtaining additional information about the extent and nature of hazardous heat in the workplace and the nature and effectiveness of interventions and controls used to prevent heat-related injury and illness. This ANPRM provides an overview of the problem of heat stress in the workplace and of measures that have been taken to prevent it. This ANPRM also seeks information on issues that OSHA can consider in developing the standard, including the scope of the standard and the types of controls that might be required. DATES: Submit comments on or before December 27, 2021. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments and attachments, identified by Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009, electronically at www.regulations.gov , which is the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for making electronic submissions. Instructions: All submissions must include the agency's name and the docket number for this ANPRM (Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009). When submitting comments or recommendations on the issues that are raised in this ANPRM, commenters should explain their rationale and, if possible, provid…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings; Extension of Comment Period
Citation: 86 FR 59309
