b'Safety CSIA 19 (continued from pg 18)procedures addressed in your program; there is an indication that the employee has not retained the necessary understanding; or a heat related illness or injury occurs at the work site that results in death, daysawayfromwork,medicaltreatmentbeyond first-aid or loss of consciousness.Finally, you are required to maintain records of any on-site measurements at indoor work areas pursuantthestandard.Youmusthavewritten orelectronicrecordsofthoseindoorworkarea measurementsandretainthoserecordsforsix months.As you can see, the new standard codifies muchofwhatOSHAhasbeenexpectingfrom employersthroughenforcementofheatillness preventionundertheGeneralDutyClause. However, codification has a price. I believe that price is a more rigid set of requirements that all employers will have to follow to be in compliance with the heat injury and illness prevention standard. Among these requirementsistherequirementthatyouhavea site-specific HIIPP for each site on which you are performingwork.Also,youmusthavespecific requirementsforemployeeswhoareexposedto working at a location or in a facility which meets the initial heat trigger of 80F. If you look at the OSHA heat tool app, a work area with a temperature of 80FCENTRAL STATES INSULATION ASSOCIATIONand 41% humidity is just barely in the warning area, yet because the temperature is 80F, the employer must meet the minimum requirements for a HIIPP. Because heat illness and injury prevention is a very publicized issue today, in both the local and national media, I feel that this new standard, which will begin to affect many employers in the spring and summer of 2025, will get quite a bit of attention from OSHA.csiaonline.org'