With rising global temperatures and increasingly frequent heatwaves, outdoor workers have become one of the most vulnerable ...

Construction work often takes place in environments where ... Areas of focus should include heat stress, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. State and Federal law has been clear to state that ...

Ricardo Medina, a construction worker from Laredo ... Sebastian Valero with LFD states that some potential signs of heat stroke include high body temperature, nausea and a strong pulse.

Ventilated hard hats, “heat buddies” and electrolyte drinks are just a few of the ways that Curran Young Construction helps ...

Many of those who have died were construction workers, with 334 dying during ... can result in a range of health issues including heat stroke, which causes seizures, loss of consciousness and ...

The timeline for a long-awaited rulemaking process for a proposed workplace heat protection rule has been extended by the New ...

The nation has suffered a string of record-breaking temperatures in recent years as climate change driven by burning fossil ...

Federal and state governments should step up efforts—including adopting heat standards—to address increased on-the-job heat-related injury, illness, and death. People work on the roof of a ...

Oil industry opposition to a planned OSHA rule to limit heat deaths comes as oil and gas workers face increasingly dangerous ...

As an advanced health care provider working for over a decade, I’ve seen the devastating toll heat-related illness can take on the human body — and how quickly it can ...