On a 100-degree day at a residential framing site, the Cal/OSHA heat illness prevention standard requires the employer to provide shade sufficient to accommodate:
Explanation
Section 3395(d)(1) sizes the shade to the number of employees on recovery or rest periods at any one time, so that each can sit in a normal posture fully in the shade without physical contact with anyone else; during meal periods it must accommodate everyone on the meal period who stays on site. Option (c) is generous and wrong in a way that matters on a real job: the employer does not have to shade a crew that is working. Option (b) halves a requirement the standard states in full. Option (a) is the rule for 80 degrees and below under (d)(2), where timely access on request is enough - at 100 degrees the shade must be present and maintained whether anyone asks or not.
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