Miami-Dade County’s proposed heat standard would mandate water, shade and rest for outdoor workers and could be a model for other local governments to follow.
As climate change ratchets up global temperatures, most of the roughly 32 million people who work outdoors in the United States areThere are no federal rules, and only three states — California, Washington and Oregon — require companies to give outdoor workers breaks to cool down on hot days.
The proposed rules in Miami-Dade would be among the strictest in the country. They would require construction and agriculture companies to train their workers to recognize and respond to signs of heat illness and, on hot days, to give workers clean water, a 10-minute break every two hours and a shaded area to cool down. Companies that fail to follow the rules would face fines of up to $2,000 per violation.
and peeled off support from commissioners. If it passes, it could be nullified by a Florida state legislature that has been willing to preempt local ordinances that go beyond state law. President Biden directed the federal agency to do just that in 2021. But the rulemaking process will drag on for years — and may collapse if Biden loses his reelection bid next year.
But most worker heat deaths happen outside those states, according to OSHA data. They’re concentrated in the South, where Republican state legislatures have rejected heat regulations.
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