The New Mexico Environment Department’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau has proposed a Heat Illness and Injury Prevention (HIIP) rule with a contemplated effective date of July 1, 2025. If adopted, the HIIP rule will require New Mexico employers to implement policies and procedures designed to protect employees against heat hazards in the workplace. Required measures would include implementation of a written HIIP Plan, heat exposure assessments, control measures, training, and record keeping. If the rule is adopted, New Mexico would join California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, which have each enacted heat illness prevention measures, though they vary in scope and application.
Scope
The proposed HIIP rule would apply to indoor and outdoor places of employment, providing exemptions for incidental heat exposure, emergency response operations, telework, and work environments with mechanical ventilation that keeps the heat index in work areas below 80.
Written HIIP Plan
The proposed HIIP rule would require employers to maintain a written HIIP Plan at worksites (available in English and “the language understood by the majority of the employees”) containing information and procedures addressing heat assessment, implementation of control measures generally and in high-heat conditions in particular, acclimatization methods and schedules, indoor heat requirements, emergency medical care, and training methods.
Heat Exposure Assessment
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