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YAKIMA (AP) State officials intend to decide this week whether to propose a new rule regulating heat exposure in outdoor workplaces, an idea that has generated criticism from farm and business groups as unnecessary.
The topic has been under discussion since a Moxee hop worker died of heat stroke last summer. The draft proposal circulated in recent months by the state Department of Labor and Industries would require employers to provide a quart of water per hour to each employee and set up a cooling area for overheated workers. Those measures are not specifically mentioned in existing state codes.See the full content of this document
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State Mulls New Work Rule
The Washington State Horticultural Association and the Building Indust...
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