Biden’s OSHA Pushes Heat Illness Prevention Rule Close to the Finish Line - UPDATED 4/14/25
On January 14, 2025, just six days before the transition from the Biden Administration to the second Trump Administration, OSHA closed the books on collecting public comments about the agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) for a Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings standard , taking the proposed rule one step (perhaps a very long step now) away from issuing a final Heat Standard. On behalf of the Employers Heat Illness Prevention Coalition, we submitted a robust set of written comments detailing our concerns about some of the more onerous and rigid aspects of the proposed rule. Although OSHA has now moved the Heat Rulemaking so close to the finish line, it is likely that the finish line will be pushed back, potentially for at least four years. We do not expect Trump’s OSHA to engage in much, if any, rulemaking activity, other than de-regulatory actions. From a process standpoint though, the next time there is a Democra...