New Jersey Climate News
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HEAT
Time for heat standards for NJ workplaces?
Bill to enshrine protections has stalled in Trenton
TED GOLDBERG / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS – As new rules are being weighed for heat standards in New Jersey’s workplaces, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently resolved a case against a New Jersey-based company after one of its employees died on the job last July.
Per OSHA’s website, a 49-year-old worker was pouring concrete in Madison last July 8 when he collapsed due to the heat and died …


