After 15 Years, Cal/OSHA Takes First Steps Toward Heat Stress Regulation

OAKLAND -- As the final major winter storm of the 1990s washed through the San Francisco Bay Area, representatives of Cal/OSHA, industry and labor gathered here to discuss what is sure to be a hot topic in the coming year. It's been just short of 15 years since a coalition of unions and individuals petitioned the Cal/OSH Standards Board to create a heat stress standard. In February 1985, the board approved formation of an advisory co