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Much of the country dealt with high temperatures this week, which presents difficult conditions for outdoor workers. This puts additional pressure on supervisors to ensure the safety of their workers. Here’s what you need to know about recognizing heat hazards. For more information, see the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Heat Hazard Recognition page.
On June 20, the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) announced the launch of a workplace heat illness prevention outreach effort. The department’s “Beat the Heat” campaign is a renewed push to prevent heat illnesses and offers tools and best practices to help both employers and employees end heat stress and heat-related injuries. Resources offered […]
Back to Basics is a weekly feature that highlights important but possibly overlooked information that any EHS professional should know. This week, we examine how to protect employees from summer heat hazards. Even as workplace heat hazards continue unabated, the regulation of worker heat injuries and illnesses continues to evolve: If you have employees who work […]
On episode 256 of EHS On Tap, Clare Epstein, General Manager of Commercial at Vector Solutions, talks about preparing for summer workplace safety risks.
Ahead of summer 2025, in a May 16 announcement, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) reminded the state’s employers of its indoor and outdoor heat illness prevention standards. The agency also reminded employers of educational materials, guidance, model programs, and other resources available from the agency, which offers annual training held statewide […]
A Marietta, Georgia, stone product manufacturer must pay $120,000 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) penalties for failing to administer hearing conservation and respiratory protection programs, the agency announced May 14. The agency cited the same violations during an April 2024 safety and health inspection. Five months after the initial inspection, OSHA cited the […]
Heat hazards are a serious concern for workplaces, but most of the attention is placed on outdoor workers. Indoor workers are also at risk for heat illness, so here’s what you need to know about protecting indoor workers from heat hazards.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in the Western District of Texas against the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for wrongfully terminating an employee who fell while delivering mail and reported the work-related injury, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced May 8. An OSHA investigation found that the USPS violated […]
On April 1, the New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau (OHSB), a division of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), opened public comment on a proposed heat illness and injury prevention rule. If New Mexico’s proposal becomes final, it would join state heat illness prevention rules in California, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Minnesota’s […]
The National Safety Council (NSC) recently showcased six potential solutions for heat stress risks through its Work to Zero Safety Innovation Challenge, the group announced on February 25. For the winner of the challenge, the NSC chose Apex Cool Labs, whose winning technological solution is a palm-cooling device engineered to combat heat stress and improve […]