Articles Tagged with ''heat safety''

The proposed rule would require employers to develop an injury and illness prevention plan to control heat hazards in workplaces affected by excessive heat.

The StaCool Vest™ Core Body Cooling System presents their fully adjustable over-vests which provide all day comfort, keeping workers cool and productive despite the summer heat. 

As part of the rulemaking process, the agency will seek and consider input from a ride range of stakeholders and the public at-large as it works to propose and finalize its rule.

Heat stress is finally getting the recognition it deserves for the millions of employees who have to work out in the heat every day.

Heat stress is finally getting the recognition it deserves for the millions of employees who have to work out in the heat every day.

Although summer is in full swing, it’s never too late to adjust your heat safety program.

Historically high temperatures are breaking records and exposing millions of people to the serious dangers of heat in the workplace

OSHA received 195 submissions from competitors in 40 states, the District of Columbia and Guam.

It doesn’t have to be this tragic — both indoors and outdoors when temperatures reach dangerous, extreme levels. Preventive measures are found all over the internet. But heat prevention practices, in reality, are not always easily practiced, if attempted at all. 

 The Department of Labor will ramp up enforcement of heat-safety violations, increasing inspections in high-risk industries like construction and agriculture, while OSHA continues to develop a national standard for workplace heat-safety rules.