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Construction group warns H.348 could create conflicting heat-and-cold rules and raise costs
Summary
Representatives of the Associated General Contractors of Vermont told the House General & Housing Committee May 8 that H.348 — a bill to protect workers from extreme temperatures — could conflict with an impending federal OSHA standard, require time‑consuming site‑specific programs, and increase contractors’ costs.
Ben Osha, director of workforce and training at the Associated General Contractors of Vermont, told the House General & Housing Committee on May 8 that H.348, an act to protect workers from extreme workplace temperatures, may force Vermont employers to follow “two different rulebooks.”
Osha said federal OSHA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on heat on Aug. 30, 2024, and that a separate state law now could create overlapping or conflicting requirements. “Employers are gonna have to be dealing with 2 different rulebooks for the same, extreme temperature problem,” he said.
The concern is practical as well as legal: Osha said many small…
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