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Hot Button: A Content Analysis of Public Comments on OSHA's Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard
Claire M Moore1, Leah H Schinasi, Amy Carroll-Scott
1From the Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (C.M.M.); Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (C.M.M., L.H.S.); Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (L.H.S.); and Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.C.-S.).
Objective:
In this study, we aimed to conduct a content analysis of public comments on the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed workplace heat safety standard (August 30, 2024, to January 14, 2025).
Methods:
We included all comments available for download on the US Federal Register webpage, as of February 12, 2025 (N = 17,688). We conducted a word frequency analysis and, in 20 randomly selected comments, used abductive qualitative coding to identify key themes.
Results:
Most comments expressed support for the standard. Key themes included protecting vulnerable workers, the idea that the rule is common sense, the argument that the rule is needed due to climate change, the need for context-dependent standards, and concerns around enforcement.
Conclusions:
An overwhelming majority of public comments support a federal heat safety standard to protect vulnerable employees against hazardous temperatures in the workplace.
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