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Subcommittee approves data-driven approach to worker heat protections; bill reported with amendments
Summary
HB 1,980 would direct state agencies to create a high-hazard industry list and then develop heat-protection standards; the subcommittee reported the bill with amendments 5–1 after broad testimony from labor, advocates and some industry concerns.
Delegate Hernandez presented HB 1,980, a bill designed to protect workers from occupational heat illness by directing the Safety and Health Codes Board and the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry to identify high-hazard industries using state data and adopt standards addressing water, shade, rest and climate-controlled spaces where practicable.
Hernandez said the bill takes a data-driven, phased…
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