re: OSHA new heat stress rules

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The chart they provide makes it basically impossible to work and be peoductive in construction or other manual labor in temperatures over 90 degrees.

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Common sense and employers who have any sort of record keeping and are interested in making money by properly managing projects and not by simply working harder have nothing at all to fear...they are already in compliance because they understand it is in their financial best interest and not out of fear of OSHA who has the ability to inspect a workplace once every 80 years or so. I have been in the construction industry in the deep south for 40 years and even in the early 80's we did concrete pours in the wee moning hours because waiting to do them in the heat was a waste of money. Providing shade, fans, cool down areas and water is too much to ask for some employers though...the same employers whose only competitive advantage comes in the form of low wages and little to no benefits.