Employer Cited for Heat-Related Fatality

A 59-year-old day laborer in Houston died from extreme heat in part because his employer did not implement a heat management program for workers exposed to excessive outdoor heat, according to a news release from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The man, who was hired to sort aluminum cans outside for Houston-based Al Star Recycling, LLC, was new to the job, according to the release. New workers unprepared for the heat are particularly susceptible before they can acclimatize, according to the release. “This was a preventable loss of life,” Joann Figueroa, O...