H.R. 2193: Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2021
Legislation Details
117th Congress
To direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.
Sponsor: Rep. Judy Chu — D — CA
Requires the Department of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety or health standard on prevention of exposure to excessive heat. Excessive heat includes outdoor or indoor exposure to heat at levels that exceed the capacities of the body to maintain normal body functions and may cause heat-related injury, illness, or fatality. In addition, the bill establishes requirements concerning (1) training and education to...
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