Immediate Action Required: Employers With Outdoor Workers Need to Update Heat Injury Illness Programs


This week, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board confirmed that new major changes to the state's heat illness prevention regulations will take effect on May 1, 2015. In response to the new regulations, employers with outdoor workers in California should promptly review and update their heat illness prevention programs to comply with the new rules. Employers will need to adopt new required procedures to prevent heat illness, revise their written policies, and update their training protocols. To help explain what the new regulations require of employers, Cal/OSHA has issued a summary chart entitled "Guidance for Employers and Employees on the New Requirements." In addition, Cal/OSHA has updated their Q&A webpage on Heat Illness Prevention Enforcement.

Highlights of the recent changes to the Cal/OSHA regulations include: 

New Requirements For Outdoor Places Of Employment 

Revised Requirements For Written Heat Illness Prevention Plans 

Revised Training Requirements 


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National Law Review, Volume V, Number 100