According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there is an estimated 702 deaths, 67, 512 ER visits and 9,235 individuals hospital per year due to environmental heat exposure.

Workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments are at risk of occupational heat stress which can result in illnesses ranging from mental health impacts to heat exhaustion ...

All outdoor workplaces are covered by heat illness prevention regulations. Certain industries, including agriculture, ...

Under the proposed rule, employers would need to provide access to “suitably cool” and sufficient drinking water, break areas ...

Cal/OSHA announced in a press release on December 12, 2024, that it had issued its first willful heat violation citation, highlighting its increased emphasis on heat illness prevention. The ...

Heather MacDougall vacated OSHA citations in Trump’s first term. Her nomination could collide with agency efforts to shield workers from extreme heat. A former Amazon executive who’s on the ...