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OSHA new heat stress rules
Posted on 6/4/23 at 5:30 am
Posted on 6/4/23 at 5:30 am
Our company safety guy just introduced the new heat stress regulations OSHA has recently implemented, their website specifically says thr new regulations are "because of climate change".
The chart they provide makes it basically impossible to work and be peoductive in construction or other manual labor in temperatures over 90 degrees.
Of course no company will be able to follow these regulations as they are written, which is the point. This puts every company in a situation where they are always out of compliance, and vulnerable to OSHA fines or lawsuits.
The whole concept of OSHA even existing, especially on a federal level, is completely out of bounds with the Constitution.
The chart they provide makes it basically impossible to work and be peoductive in construction or other manual labor in temperatures over 90 degrees.
Of course no company will be able to follow these regulations as they are written, which is the point. This puts every company in a situation where they are always out of compliance, and vulnerable to OSHA fines or lawsuits.
The whole concept of OSHA even existing, especially on a federal level, is completely out of bounds with the Constitution.
This post was edited on 6/4/23 at 6:06 am
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Posted on 6/4/23 at 5:33 am to burger bearcat
Something else I can reverse on day 1. Worst administration in our history.
Posted on 6/4/23 at 5:35 am to burger bearcat
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The chart they provide makes it basically impossible to work and be productive in construction in temperatures over 90 degrees.
Then what's the point in importing so many "brown" illegals if not for doing work outside in the heat?
Posted on 6/4/23 at 5:37 am to burger bearcat
TIL 90 deg is way more dangerous today than literally all of human history
Posted on 6/4/23 at 5:40 am to KAGTASTIC
Lol we would have sacrificed a goat to be able to work in 90F in Northern Louisiana summers, it would be a 100 with humidity pushing 60's higher.
Tar melting, tools so hot you couldn't leave anything in the sun
Tar melting, tools so hot you couldn't leave anything in the sun
Posted on 6/4/23 at 5:48 am to KAGTASTIC
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Then what's the point in importing so many "brown" illegals if not for doing work outside in the heat?
To replace you when they conscript you for WW3.
This post was edited on 6/4/23 at 5:49 am
Posted on 6/4/23 at 6:03 am to burger bearcat
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The chart they provide makes it basically impossible to work and be peoductive in construction in temperatures over 90 degrees.
The communists hate work.
Posted on 6/4/23 at 6:26 am to burger bearcat
More need for big daddy govt to subsidize people that can’t work. So across all of the south, no outside work June to Sept?
Posted on 6/4/23 at 6:36 am to burger bearcat
And of course there is no Congress passed laws that gives OSHA powers
Posted on 6/4/23 at 6:40 am to Strannix
Im not saying it doesnt get as hot or hotter other places but you have to experience it to appreciate high 90's with very high humidity. Its hits you like a ton of bricks as you step outside. You will have sweat from the front door to the truck. My brothers had his buddy come work with him after he got back from Fallujah, full gear carrying combat marine a year in up to 120F. He has a heat stroke his first day in job in NWLA in a t-shirt.
Posted on 6/4/23 at 6:54 am to Strannix
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after he got back from Fallujah,
Units from the SE had a much easier time acclimating to the sandbox. Dry heat can still take it out of you, but humidity is a killer for evaporative cooling. I saw a guy from the 10th Mountain Div have an issue on the damn flight line after they got off the transport, because they left Ft Drum in January and stepped off the plane in Panama in January, and it was a system shock.
Posted on 6/4/23 at 7:38 am to Nosevens
quote:according to the US Constitution, Congress is the only part of government that can make laws
And of course there is no Congress passed laws that gives OSHA powers
Posted on 6/4/23 at 7:39 am to burger bearcat
Notice how the path to communism is with the government agencies (mostly) and not with congress?
Posted on 6/4/23 at 7:40 am to burger bearcat
Is there literature somewhere on the interwebz that we can read instead of going by burger bearcat on TD?
This post was edited on 6/4/23 at 7:44 am
Posted on 6/4/23 at 7:52 am to faraway
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according to the US Constitution, Congress is the only part of government that can make laws
True but "Regulations" are the real issue.
Posted on 6/4/23 at 7:55 am to Prominentwon
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Is there literature somewhere on the interwebz that we can read instead of going by burger bearcat on TD?
Here is a chart that OSHA created. It is unclear exactly how this will be regulated going forward and how companies will have to comply, or even my company will have to comply. But reading, only thing I can gather is it seems to indicate that basically any hard work being done in hot weather often found in the southwest, southeast, or Midwest, basically won't be able to happen unless you want to be out of compliance.
Posted on 6/4/23 at 7:56 am to burger bearcat
Posted on 6/4/23 at 8:03 am to burger bearcat
The 20% recommendation is stupid. While Heat stress is legit, it is stupid to say that someone should only work 2 hours of a 10 hour day on the first and then gradually increasing the work day 20%.
Good companies acknowledge heat stress as a legitimate safety issue and act accordingly when it’s really hot outside, or working in an environment where heat stress could be a factor such as a boiler. Good companies know that not
Managing heat stress properly ultimately impacts production.
Good companies acknowledge heat stress as a legitimate safety issue and act accordingly when it’s really hot outside, or working in an environment where heat stress could be a factor such as a boiler. Good companies know that not
Managing heat stress properly ultimately impacts production.
Posted on 6/4/23 at 8:17 am to burger bearcat
Ridiculous
Posted on 6/4/23 at 8:22 am to burger bearcat
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