Texans Die from Heat After Governor Bans Mandatory Water Breaks
www.texasobserver.org
House Bill 2127 preempts local governments from enacting legislation in eight areas—with potentially deadly results.

House Bill 2127 preempts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.

  • just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Some context here:

    (1) The bill doesn’t take effect until September 1st, so these deaths are not a result of it.

    (2) While OSHA has very good guidelines on what employers SHOULD do for worker hydration, they do not require it. I other words, OSHA does not say the employers MUST do it.

    https://www.osha.gov/heat-exposure/water-rest-shade

    I think things will get really bad NEXT summer.