California workplace safety officials will try again to pass a long-delayed rule to protect indoor workers from extreme heat this summer — other than correctional officers and other prison staff.
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, announced Thursday that it plans to revise a proposed indoor heat rule for all workers statewide to carve out “state and local correctional facilities.â€
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