FMI – The Food Industry Association appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.”
One of the top priorities of FMI and its member companies is the safety and health of employees and customers. As a result, FMI member companies understand the goal of the NPRM but note that the food industry already implements safety measures pertaining to temperatures in various workplace settings. Given the nature of the work in retail, at manufacturing and warehousing settings, and through distribution and logistics, FMI is concerned about the inflexible and burdensome nature of the NPRM. In addition to the comments in this letter, FMI is a member of and aligns itself with comments filed by Employers Heat Illness Prevention Rulemaking Coalition and the Coalition for Workplace Safety.
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