Heat stress, a major disorder brought on by extended heat temperatures, can cause heat exhaustion and heat stroke. For outdoor ... Volkmann said. Many farms today offer staff members extra ...

By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Florida City and Homestead, Fla. The heat stroke that José Delgado suffered six years ago after working in a sweet potato field in South Florida left him with ...

Louisiana attempted to raise the temperature at which inmates receive special heat precautions from 88 degrees to 91 degrees, ...

Farmworkers are 35 times more likely to die from heat stress ... of heat stroke. In Pierson, Florida, where temperatures can soar into the 90s before noon, workers on a fern farm have been ...

With extreme temperatures in the forecast for California, first responders want people to be aware of warning signs that the ...

“There were dudes that got heat stroke. There were dudes with underlying ... Prisoners have toiled on the same farm lines since after emancipation often without shade, adequate work breaks ...

Last September a 26-year-old worker collapsed of heatstroke on his first day at a Belle Glade sugarcane farm ... heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and potentially fatal heat stroke.

Heat cramps, painful muscle cramps and spasms, usually in the legs and abdomen, may also be a symptom of heat exhaustion.

Only five states offer statewide heat protections, with California being the first after four farm workers died of heat stroke in 2005.