Heat

The Biden administration released a proposed rule that would require employers to provide such things as water and rest breaks when temperatures top certain thresholds.

A proposed rule from OSHA would for the first time set in place regulations to better protect workers from extreme heat.

When the so-called "feels-like" temperatures reach triple digits, the heat can be deadly. "Heat stroke is most certainly life-threatening," says Dr. Hany Atallah, CMO for Jackson Memorial Hospital.

U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su, congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and others met in Pembroke Pines to discuss heat dangers for workers and efforts to set a federal heat standard.

In April, OSHA officials drafted an initial framework that unanimously recommended moving forward with talks over federal rules to protect workers.

With the summer sizzle underway and heat indices in triple digits on most days, the National Weather Service offers important reminders to keep people and pets safe.

Federal data shows about 2,300 fatalities last summer with death certificates mentioning the effects of excessive heat. That's the highest in 45 years of records.

Researchers looked at workers' comp claims in 24 states and found that excessive temperatures increased the frequency of injuries, with risks in the South particularly higher.

County commissioners withdrew the bill because they couldn’t legally pass it after the Legislature advanced a measure banning any local government from setting its own heat enforcement rules.

After failing to appeal to get more heat protections from the Legislature, a coalition of farmworkers from South-Dade and Immokalee intend to take their campaign directly to the powerful fast food and grocery industries that buy the produce they harvest.