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handle is hein.crs/goveebg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S\Congressional SResearch Service Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Regulation of Employee Exposure to Heat July 13, 2021 Employees who work outdoors, including those in industries such as construction and agriculture, may be exposed to extreme heat conditions. Similarly, certain indoor work situations-such as bakeries, warehouses, and steel mills-may also expose employees to unsafe heat levels. The lead federal agency that regulates worker safety and health, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), does not have any standards that specifically address outdoor or indoor heat exposure. Heat-Related Illnesses The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has identified several illnesses that are related to heat exposure, including heat stroke, which can result in permanent disability or death. Other heat-related illnesses include heat exhaustion, rhabdomyolysis, heat syncope, heat cramps, and heat rash. Research published in 2020 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that between 2004 and 2018 there were an average of 702 annual deaths in the United States due to heat exposure, with an average of 415 deaths in which heat exposure was the underlying cause and 287 deaths in which heat exposure was a contributing cause. (This includes employment-related and non- employment-related deaths.) In 2019, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries reported 43 employment-related deaths due to environmental heat exposure and an average of 38 annual environmental heat exposure employment-related deaths between 2011 and 2019. Since 1972, NIOSHhas recommended that OSHA promulgate aheat exposure standard. While Section 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act, 29 U. S. C. §671) authorizes NIOSH to develop recommended occupational safety and health standards, OSHAis not required by law to promulgate standards based on these recommendations. OSHA and Heat Exposure OSHA does not currently have any specific heat exposure standards. Apotential standard on Heat Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings is listed as being in the prerule stage on the Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11701 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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