t两年前的夏天,35岁的盖理发师开始a new job with a contractor on a bridge project, sorting bolts in upstate Geneseo, N.Y. The temperature outdoors was in the 90s and at the end of his day Barber's father did not think he looked well. The next day he collapsed on the jobsite at the end of his shift, dying before reaching the hospital.

the cause was hyperthermia, or high body temperature.

理发师的父母have been campaigning ever since根据美国劳动部记录，对于更强大的工人热安全规则，他的前雇主正在对相关的美国职业安全和健康管理局进行挑战。Pavilion排水供应有限公司的所有者。已经告诉当地媒体那个理发师的死是一场可怕的悲剧，但他可以在桥梁项目中获得阴影和水。

two years later, the first crushing summer heat wave of 2022 is beating down on construction workers across the U.S. Yet the high temperatures have not dispelled employer concerns about what the Biden administration's new planned heat-safety standard could contain. They fear OSHA will adopt an overly detailed set of rules that will entangle employers without adding significantly to heat safety.

A mason looks up from his work during a scorching afternoon constructing an apartment building in a New York City suburb.
理查德·科尔曼（Richard Korman）的照片新利luck

自从拜登政府去年邀请了关于新的OSHA热安全标准的评论以来，从包括建筑在内的许多角落都涌入了想法。

劳工部首次发表了其高级notice of proposed rulemaking为了在2021年10月27日在室外和室内工作环境中进行热伤和疾病预防，并向该提案寻求公众评论。

在弗雷德·盖勒（Fred Geller Electrical）提交的评论中，作者说，湿度是美国东北部和纽约市的主要热应激问题之一。身份不明的受访者指出，它与空气质量差的混合可能导致严重的呼吸并发症。

Measuring Heat Stress

行业协会担心，复杂的因素（包括如何衡量热应激水平，以及标准是否应区分在户外与室内的工作之间，可能会导致过度复杂的标准。雇主热病预防协会的一个行业团体呼吁OSHA限制户外工作的任何初始标准。

A coalition of construction-related employer associations, the Construction Industry Safety Council, also wants OSHA to keep things simple. It wrote in January of "significant concerns" about possible "complicated requirements" triggered by "threshold temperatures that are common in wide swaths of the country for much of the year."

理事会对OSHA的评论说，其成员“强烈认为，如果采用的法规方法 - 必须简单，应该整合“水，休息和阴影”的关键概念。

A great deal of supporting data was provided. Slightly under half of the从2011年到2019年，每年平均有38例与热量有关的死亡人数下降。OSHA说，在同一时间的时间里，平均每年有2700例损失的案件，但该机构也认为报告不足。

脆弱的移民工人

研究表明，在与热有关的工作危害方面，美国的拉丁裔移民代表性过高。Undocumented immigrants are especially vulnerable. V多年来，美味的建筑协会和公司提供了有关热量的指导。但是p出于对气候变化的极端摇摆的关注，也有新的与热有关的标准。

Four states—California, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington—already have heat standards in place for employers. They address hydration, shade, breaks, training and medical response plans. And Maryland and Nevada now require officials in their respective states to create their own workplace heat rules.

建筑委员会写道，加利福尼亚州的全行业标准“很麻烦，令人困惑和无效”。它认为，任何高温标准均应根据其独特的特征来解决各个行业。

the National Safety Council, in its response to the request for comments, noted that some of its members have acclimatization plans for new employees and for existing employees when seasons and weather changes. Acclimatization is partly based on the idea that an 80°F heat wave in Alaska could impact workers there more than a 99°F day in Arizona.

其他建议可能不仅仅是建筑雇主团体愿意认可。总部位于休斯顿的安全顾问梅尔文·多巴（Melvin B.

美国的道路与运输建筑商协会认为，已经有积极主动的行业指导涵盖了热量，就其而言，热地暴露对运输建筑工人的当前影响“最少”。

CEO David Bauer said that Labor Dept. data show that during 2011-2020, environmental heat caused just three deaths and comparatively few lost work days.

他说：“虽然工作岗位上的任何死亡都是最不幸和悲惨的，而且由于报告不作为，[劳工统计局]的数量可能会稍微低估，但事件的数量仍然相对较低。”

同时，每年夏天的热浪不断滚动，科学家说气候变化意味着还会更糟。

理发师的雇主告诉当地电视台Wham，除了获得阴影和水外，该雇员还接受了大约14个小时的培训。

OSHA不同意。它对理发师去世的调查发现，他一直在没有阴影或水的情况下独自工作，并且不适应高温。OSHA提议罚款7,557美元。

在2020年7月7日理发师去世一周年之际，OSHA官员利用这次呼吁雇主保护工人免受热危害。在纽约州布法罗说OSHA Area Director Michael Scime said in a statement that the hazards employers are responsible for include "extreme heat."

James and Kathy Barber, Timothy's parents, joined in the occasion, saying that "no family should have to suffer a loss that is completely preventable."

新的热标准的初始评论期现在已关闭，何时将揭幕草案标准何时尚未确定。