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.

14, 2025. As published in the Federal Register on Aug. 30, 2024, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings had an initial 120-day ...

Here in Maine, we don't have very hot weather too often. So when it does get really hot, we are more likely to become sick from heat. This is because our bodies are not used to high heat, and many of ...

Here in Maine, we don't have very hot weather too often. So when it does get really hot, we are more likely to become sick from heat. This is because our bodies are not used to high heat, and many of ...

On December 12, 2024, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) announced a first-of-its-kind citation for a willful violation of California’s Heat Illness Prevention ...

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 ...

“It’s not a matter of comfort. It’s a matter of life and death.” Safety for those staying in the warming shelter goes beyond shelter from the cold and security, but also illness prevention. “We try to ...

To discover more about working in extreme heat, check out OSHA's Hazard Alert guidelines. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Frequently Asked Questions About Extreme Heat Centers for ...

The Miami Heat will again be without Jimmy Butler. After initially being listed as questionable, Butler (stomach illness) has been ruled out for Monday night’s matchup against the Brooklyn Nets ...

The first-ever federal heat protections were proposed by OSHA in July after nearly 50 years of being urged by public health experts to address extreme heat. Fifty-five workers died from exposure ...