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Death on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat

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Death on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat

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World [email protected] • 11 months ago

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Record heat is dangerous for workers outside. Even so, Governor Abbott just signed a law preventing local communities from enacting laws for mandatory water breaks.

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Where’s OSHA? They should be all over this too!
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  I suspect the state rules are compliant with OSHA and the local rules being override were above and beyond what is needed for OSHA.

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