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Young Workers and Heat Illness Tue, Sep 02, 2025 Heat is a Serious Workplace Hazard Young workers are an asset to the workforce. However, whether working indoors or outdoors, young workers may be more at risk for heat illness than other groups. Why Are Young Workers at Risk? Young workers approa... Read More

Beating the Heat in Florida Tue, Sep 02, 2025 Trent Cotney, Attorney & Partner, Adams & Reese Roofing contractors and crews in Florida face a yearly safety crisis driven by extreme heat. As temperatures climb well above 100°F and humidity presses past 70 percent, roofers laboring on... Read More

Creating an OSHA Heat Plan Fri, Nov 01, 2024 Every year, dozens of workers die and thousands more become ill while working in hot or humid conditions. OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention campaign educates employers and workers on heat hazards and provides resources to keep workers safe. Emplo... Read More

OSHA Proposed Heat Rule Publication Tue, Sep 17, 2024 FRM Staff The U.S. Department of Labor has released a proposed rule with the goal of protecting millions of workers from the significant health risks of extreme heat. If finalized, the proposed rule would help protect approximately 36 million worker... Read More

Heat Safety is the Employer's Priority this Summer Mon, Jul 22, 2024 Kevin Lindley, FRSA Self Insurers Fund Safety Consultant Every year, many workers die and thousands more become ill while working in hot or humid conditions. OSHA currently has a Heat Illness Prevention campaign across the country to focus on heat h... Read More

Staying Safe During Extreme Heat Tue, May 14, 2024 FRSA Staff Extreme heat is defined as summertime temperatures that are much hotter or more humid than average. Because some places are hotter than others, this depends on what’s considered average for a particular location at that time of year... Read More

COVID-19 Restrictions and Heat-Related Injuries and Illness - August 2020 Wed, Aug 12, 2020 As Florida temperatures reach the hottest time of the year, it is important to note that 50-70 percent of heat fatalities occur during the first few days of working in hot environments (while the body acclimates). Read More

The Heat is On - April 2020 Sat, Apr 18, 2020 The human body is a sensitive instrument. It needs to maintain an internal temperature of 98.6ºF and can tolerate only small deviations from this temperature. Read More

Protecting Your Employees from Heat Stress Mon, Jul 25, 2016 Brad Mang, FRSA Self Insurers Fund Loss Control Consultant As roofing contractors there are many different types of safety considerations that have to be addressed each day with your employees. There are the main concerns of following all of the OSH... Read More

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