Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Ensures safe and healthy working conditions through setting and enforcing workplace standards.
2 regulationsPrevention of Workplace Violence in Health Care and Social Assistance
This proposed rule would require health care and social assistance employers to develop and implement comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans. With workplace violence incidents in health care settings having increased by over 60 percent in recent years, the rule targets hospitals, nursing facilities, home health agencies, and social service organizations.
Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
This proposed rule would establish the first federal standard to protect approximately 36 million indoor and outdoor workers from heat-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths. Employers would be required to develop heat illness prevention plans, provide water and shade, allow rest breaks, and implement acclimatization protocols when the heat index reaches specified thresholds.