DOSH Gets an Earful on Heat Illness Proposal – Advisory Committee Questions – Need for New Regulation

OAKLAND - Recently, Cal/OSHA Chief John Howard made a light-hearted comment on the proposed heat illness standard, saying, "Once again, it's California into the breach. No other jurisdiction has been foolish enough to try this." What he may or may not have realized at the time is that many of his constituents wholeheartedly agree with the "foolish" part. That was evident at the Oct. 24 meeting of an advisory committee discussi