LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Thursday is the first official day of summer and as the hottest temperatures of the year are ahead in the next few months, OSHA is calling for action. They want to make sure Nevada employers are protecting workers from the dangers of extreme heat. “About 125-130 is the hottest we have seen on our job sites. Working in the Vegas heat, it is tough. A lot of people don’t realize if your ambient temperatures are at 100, 110 degrees and you are out here working...

Many of the hazards exposed J.H. Routh Packing Co. employees to unsafe working conditions. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video SANDUSKY, Ohio — The Sandusky based pork processing facility J.H. Routh Packing Co. was cited for 43 safety violations after inspections were recently conducted. SUBSCRIBE: Get the day's top headlines sent to your inbox each weekday morning with the free 3News to GO! newsletter The U.S. Department of Labor conducted inspections of the facility in December (2023) and...

An Arlington-based company is facing a six-figure fine after an on-duty accident left an employee with severe facial burns, federal workplace regulators announced Monday. Doskocil Manufacturing Inc., which operates as Petmate, faces $278,851 in proposed penalties, according to a Department of Labor news release. An Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation of the December incident found nine safety violations, including one “willful” violation by the company, the release continues.

In part one of our report yesterday about the new proposal from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for fire departments, we heard from Mountain Home Fire Chief Kris Quick and how the proposal will affect his department. Today, we hear from Michael Glotzl, the Gassville Fire Chief and the Chairman of the Baxter County Fire Chiefs. The OSHA proposal is the first time regulations have been updated for fire fighters since 1980 and has been more than ten years in the making. Glotzl says there are many good...

Related video above: 2023 was the hottest year on record, by a long shot | Jeff’s Climate Classroom TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) is calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Department of Labor to implement federal heat protections ahead of what she called a “cruel” new Florida law that bans localities from creating their own protections. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law, which states local governments can’t implement any heat protections above what federal law requires. Federal law currently does not...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the first time since 1980 is proposing to update guidelines for fire departments. While the guidelines are intended to increase firefighter safety, if they are enacted, departments will see huge increases in their budgets, and for some, it could mean they will have to close their doors. Mountain Home Fire Chief Kris Quick says the proposal, which is 608 pages long, has some good points when it comes to safety, but the expenses are tough to swallow, especially when it comes to fire...

ASHEVILLE - A 26-year-old construction worker was killed June 10 while installing high-speed internet for a new housing area in Fairview, according to N.C. Highway Patrol. The worker, identified as Jesus Lopez Flores, 26, of Gainesville, Georgia, was operating construction equipment when he ran off the right of Fairview Forest Drive and fell down an embankment, according to First Sgt. Barry Burnette. "The general area of where this occurred is a pretty steep incline, very rural area, and the piece of equipment ran off the road to the right, overturned...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — In the summer months, dessert shop Bambu owner Santy Luangpraseuth comes in early to prepare food so she can turn the stove off by noon. "Just so I can have the kitchen totally off from the stove and just so I can offset the heat," Luangpraseuth said. Luangpraseuth's store in Chinatown has three air conditioning units, and she recently installed two overhead fans. But still, she said when it gets hot outside, it gets even hotter in the kitchen. That's why it's critical for her to...