It could take years for the federal regulator Osha to set new heat rules as excessive temperatures are killing Americans at work
  • ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world
    1022·
    11 months ago

    It’s literally cartoon villain level headlines of evil and some people will still play the both sides game as if its a close call.

    Things like water, shade, and breaks are somehow woke, and can be added to the pile of totally normal and reasonable things that benefit nearly everyone but are now bad because the angry person on tv made this face while talking about it 😡

  • DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world
    25·
    11 months ago

    It’s almost impressive how they consistently manage to top themselves in terms of embodying pure psychopathic evil.

  • SnekyLemming@lemmy.world
    25·
    11 months ago

    I work in an industry working with other industrial businesses and we’ve seen so many of their employees get heat related injuries this summer. It’s very hard to get companies to view people as humans and not as a disposable asset.

    A lot of times these companies won’t increase protections for workers without the government stepping in with laws and regulations.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      14·
      11 months ago

      I work in an open air factory on Long island. It’s gets over 90°F inside and whatever humidity it is outside is what we have here.

      I’ve looked into the laws for factories in NY and the legislation is purposely vague… “all factories are to maintain proper humidity and temperature.” They then never define what proper temp and humidity is… My representatives don’t respond when asked about it.

      I’m so happy it’s nice this week so far, last week was brutal…

      • DM_Me_Boobs@lemmy.worldOP
        4·
        11 months ago

        Holy shit that’s really warm for working inside a factory all day. Thank you for sharing your insight especially since a lot of the news coverage is in places setting temperature records and not places where the heat index is through the roof. I suppose it’s f*kn hot all over this summer.

  • Four_lights77@lemm.ee
    121·
    11 months ago

    Business groups and lobbyists have aggressively opposed efforts at state and federal levels to enact heat protection standards for workers, claiming employers already practice what a standard would mandate, expressing concerns about the burden on employers, and claiming the efforts take a “wrong approach”.

    No matter what regulations were implemented, regulators would have to watch them like a hawk to make sure they complied anyway. Also - people wouldn’t be dying if the current standards were sufficient for the current climate.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
      9·
      11 months ago

      Having the rules in place allows them to prosecute or punish if something bad happens. They don’t need continuous monitoring. Investigating employee reports is fine.

    • thefartographer@lemm.ee
      3·
      11 months ago

      “We don’t need your standards, we already do all of that!”

      Also, “We can’t afford to do all of that!”