Articles Tagged with ''heat stress''

During the summer months, many workplaces find themselves dealing not only with heat, but destructive tornadoes, voracious hurricanes, and suffocating wildfire smoke.

Workers who wear high-visibility apparel must be both visible and comfortable in high temperatures.

Whether workers are toiling under the sun or next to a blast furnace, the risks of heat-related illnesses and accidents are ever-present and growing.

The surprising ways that heat can affect your workers’ well-being, and your safety record, and what you can do to help.

The risk of heat-related injury and illness increases every summer. Learn everything you need to know to combat it.

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

Mine workers are experiencing an increase in dangerous health effects from heat exposure as surface temperatures get hotter and underground mines get deeper.

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.

OSHA says South Florida contractor lacked heat illness prevention program after 26-year-old worker dies due to heat stroke.