After failing with its mask mandate, OSHA now says it needs to protect workers against “climate chan

[rangerrebew]

After failing with its mask mandate, OSHA now says it needs to protect workers against “climate change”

02/03/2022 / By Ethan Huff

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is shifting gears from trying to force the nation’s employees to wear a face mask to trying to “protect” them against climate change on the jobsite.

The federal agency claims that climate change poses a serious threat to the nation’s workers both now and in the future, and that new restrictions need to be imposed as a remedy.

“The current situation will worsen as the United States gets hotter, so heat standards must protect workers from current heat hazards and the future effects of climate change,” said the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

“Heat hurts outdoor and indoor workers across every major industry, so OSHA’s heat safety standard needs to protect all workers – not just those at the hottest outdoor worksites,” the agency explained in an announcement.

The NRDC went on in a statement to explain that:

https://www.environ.news/2022-02-03-osha-says-workers-need-protection-climate-change.html

[SZonian]

While serving in the USAF as a flight-line maintainer, we had heat related rules, but nothing for cold weather.

If the heat index reached a certain point, we were supposed to be on work "schedules", but that was rarely, if ever enforced.

During exercises, we would work 3-4 hours with no breaks (remove chem mask and gloves) in full MOPP (NBC) gear in the South Carolina summer where heat indexes would be well over 110 degrees.

While in the high desert of NV, winter could be brutal.  Wind chills and negative temps didn't stop work, we just found ways to cope with it.

While these proposed rules sound good on the surface, I expect productivity will decrease and costs will increase. 

[DefiantMassRINO]

Typical Big Government over-reaching bureaucratic mission creep.  OSHA wants an excuse to intervene on the behalf of union organizers in every business they can.