This standard applies to most workplaces where the indoor temperature reaches 82°F. It establishes required safety measures for indoor workplaces.California's Heat Illness Prevention Standard requires employers to provide training, water, shade, and planning. Covered California employers must implement "highheat procedures" when the temperature equals or exceeds 95 degrees. OSHA's recommendations would require employers provide outdoor workers with shade, adequate breaks and water. OSHA is proposing to issue a new standard, titled Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. In 2005, California became the first state to implement an outdoor heat standard in the wake of the deaths of four farmworkers. The new regulation takes effect whenever employees are present in any indoor working space and the temperature reaches 82°F or higher. The law takes effect Sept. 1. Suffering from heat with no way to take time off.