OSHA Seeking Feedback from Small Businesses on a Potential Standard to Address Occupational Heat Exposure
NATE Members Casey Banner, Aaron Paulette, and MJ Scott Selected to Serve as Small Entity Representatives on Upcoming Small Business Advocacy Review Video Conferences
OSHA is in the process of developing a potential standard, Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. OSHA plans to regulate workplace exposure to hazardous heat, and the standard could cover outdoor and indoor work in any/all General Industry, Construction, Maritime, and Agriculture sectors where OSHA has jurisdiction.
Casey Banner (Banner Enterprises), Aaron Paulette (Elevated Services LLC) and MJ Scott (Texoma Contracting Inc.) have been selected as small entity representatives (SERs) to represent NATE and the telecommunications industry on the upcoming Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) videoconference panels.
All videoconferences will take place during the month of September and be open to the public, but only SERs and SBAR Panel members can participate in the discussions. Sessions may be viewed/listened to by interested NATE member companies via the Webex meeting links or telephone information below:
OSHA Heat SBREFA Meeting, Session 1
Thursday, September 7, 2023 1:00 PM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join link: https://abtassociates.webex.com/abtassociates/j.php?MTID=md138f708dfa0d912a94a8acd566c6c24
Webinar number: 2432 963 8396
Webinar password: SBREFA1 (7273321 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone
+1-855-797-9485 US Toll free
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 243 296 38396
OSHA Heat SBREFA Meeting, Session 2
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 9:00 AM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join link: https://abtassociates.webex.com/abtassociates/j.php?MTID=m79029ea3a17cd7e8dd988032c504ac60
Webinar number: 2425 867 4742
Webinar password: SBREFA3 (7273323 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone
+1-855-797-9485 US Toll free
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 242 586 74742
OSHA Heat SBREFA Meeting, Session 3
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:00 PM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join link: https://abtassociates.webex.com/abtassociates/j.php?MTID=m02d11528043cec7ed7fdf1f618320c76
Webinar number: 2433 171 9326
Webinar password: SBREFA4 (7273324 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone
+1-855-797-9485 US Toll free
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 243 317 19326
OSHA Heat SBREFA Meeting, Session 4
Thursday, September 14, 2023 1:00 PM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join link: https://abtassociates.webex.com/abtassociates/j.php?MTID=m1e5851a9bd6bf5e753fe5a3013945f6f
Webinar number: 2423 497 3579
Webinar password: SBREFA5 (7273325 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone
+1-855-797-9485 US Toll free
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 242 349 73579
OSHA Heat SBREFA Meeting, Session 5
Monday, September 18, 2023 9:30 AM | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Join link: https://abtassociates.webex.com/abtassociates/j.php?MTID=m4fbf63ce91db1487e4782ce9fce66880
Webinar number: 2421 235 6110
Webinar password: SBREFA6 (7273326 from phones and video systems)
Join by phone
+1-855-797-9485 US Toll free
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll
Access code: 242 123 56110
Submit Public Comments
NATE member companies can submit comments on the proposed OSHA Heat Injury and Illness Prevention and the agency will include those comments in the public docket. All such comments can be submitted via the government’s e-regulatory portal, www.regulations.gov, at OSHA-2021-0009-1059. The comment period will close on December 23, 2023. While OSHA will consider such comments as resources allow, the agency has no legal obligations to consider or to respond to non-SER comments.
For more information on the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement and Fairness Act (SBREFA) and the upcoming i\OSHA Heat Injury and Illness Prevention panels, visit: https://www.osha.gov/heat/sbrefa.
