NBC News Cites Public Citizen’s Petition to OSHA for a Heat Standard
By Leticia Miranda
“In 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration denied a petition submitted by a consumer advocacy group called Public Citizen calling on the agency to set a heat standard in 2012. A second petition from the group is still sitting with the agency. OSHA issued a request earlier this month for information on heat illness as it considers a possible new rule.”