David Keeling would help decide if the Occupational Safety and Health Administration should pursue the nation’s first rule to protect workers from extreme heat. President Donald Trump’s pick to lead ...

The proposed regulation would force employers to provide workers with water and a cool place to rest when temperatures climb. House Republicans and industry representatives on Thursday slammed a ...

A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Trump in February nominated David Keeling to lead the Occupational Safety and Health ...

The proposed standard, which follows years of public comment and stakeholder hearings, seeks to establish nationwide requirements for hydration, rest breaks, acclimatization, and access to shade for ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Spring is here and summer is approaching with rising temperatures in tow. Efforts to keep Nevada workers safe from heat-related illnesses will go one step further when the Nevada ...

CLIMATEWIRE | High temperatures contributed to the deaths of at least three workers last week as a heat dome smothered much of the U.S., illustrating the high stakes of a public hearing that was ...

Last year, a bill to protect New York’s workers from extreme heat failed to gain traction, eclipsed by a new federal rule proposed by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. But with ...

Do you think you’ve heard it all before when it comes to heat safety for construction? You may want to think again! Did you know that the three-year average of heat-related worker deaths has doubled ...

Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part HR Dive series about the effects of climate change on worker health. Part one covered analysts’ attempts to determine the cost of extreme ...