General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
For General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, jurisdiction is Federal OSHA; effective date is 1970; initial trigger temperature f is None specified; initial trigger actions is Employers are required to provide their employees with a place of employment that is free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious harm to employees, including heat-related hazards; high heat trigger temperature f is None specified, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
- jurisdiction
- Federal OSHA verified
- regulation citation
- General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
- effective date
- 1970 our reading
- initial trigger temperature f
- None specified
- initial trigger actions
- Employers are required to provide their employees with a place of employment that is free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious harm to employees, including heat-related hazards our reading
- high heat trigger temperature f
- None specified
- high heat actions
- No specific high-heat procedures mandated at federal level; enforcement relies on the General Duty Clause our reading
- coverage scope
- All workplaces covered by OSHA; no heat-specific standard finalized our reading
- acclimatization period days
- None specified
- written plan required
- No heat-specific plan required our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
This includes heat-related hazards that are likely to cause death or serious bodily harm.
— osha.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17
Source
- osha.govhttps://www.osha.gov/heat-exposure/standards