"The program was designed to increase inspections at worksites with a high risk for extreme heat. But the Trump administration has eliminated inspection metrics."
"The Trump administration has removed specific goals for increasing workplace inspections from a Department of Labor program aimed to keep workers safe from extreme heat.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday issued a revised National Emphasis Program for heat. The program was launched by the Biden administration in 2022 specifically to increase on-site inspections of industries where workers are at “high risk” for heat exposure. The 2022 document set a goal of each OSHA regional office increasing on-site inspections 100 percent over the baseline from 2017 to 2022.
The revised program, released Friday, eliminates that language and does not set alternative metrics.
Instead, the document describes a “continued need for heat-related outreach and compliance assistance activities, as well as on-site consultation visits and programmed enforcement to lower reported fatalities, hospitalizations and complaints or referrals to OSHA.”"
