Members of the public submitted close to 50,000 comments on OSHA’s new proposed limits on heat exposure in the workplace, with many employers expressing concern about the scope and one-size-fits-all ...

These are the cruelest days of harvest, when the sun turns fields into slow ovens and the heat climbs before breakfast, holding on until the stars are out. By nightfall, the damage is done: another ...

State representatives are considering legislation to protect Virginia workers from extreme heat as advocates emphasized the ...

Governments around the world are enacting measures to try to protect workers from the dangers of heat stress. They’re barely keeping up with the risks. By Somini Sengupta and Hisako Ueno Somini ...

Imagine if tomorrow you woke up and heard a news report stating that a few states had passed laws which ban local governments from requiring workzone barriers like cones or concrete blocks? Or what if ...

PHOENIX — Arizona’s Workplace Heat Safety Task Force issued its final recommendations on how to protect workers from heat-related risks, Governor Katie Hobbs announced Wednesday. The task force, ...

Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related work fatalities in the United States, with construction workers accounting for more than a third of all heat-related deaths. As average daily ...