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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

KFF Health News

On a sweltering afternoon in July 2020, Belinda Ramones got a call that her brother was in the hospital. “Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. She advanced heat regulations in California in 2020.