Pizza Hut Staff Face Health Risks Due to Extreme Heat at Work

As U.S. Sizzles, Business Groups Push Back on OSHA’s Heat Safety Law

Business groups argue that requiring companies to offer mandatory breaks every two hours when it’s 90 degrees or hotter would be a burden to small businesses.

Pizza Hut staff face health risks due to extreme heat at work

PATTERSON, La. (KLFY) -- Workers at a local Pizza Hut, and community members, have raised concerns for employees allegedly working without air conditioning for a long period. One worker posted on social media about the temperatures. “The heat in the kitchen it’s like blazing hot. I mean, like, it's just unexplainable hot in it,” said Shakirra Ferguson who’s been working there for a few months. “When you work in a fast food restaurant, you have t…

Residents complain about lack of AC

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- The oppressive heat and humidity and making life difficult for residents of a downtown Youngstown high-rise. First News has heard from a number of people living at the International Towers apartments on the Central Square. They've been saying they have no air conditioning and haven't had it for some time now. But the hot conditions that started this weekend have made the problems even worse. "My situation is asthma, ep…

OSHA could crack down on businesses that don't protect employees from the heat

The federal government is considering implementing new regulations to protect workers from excessive heat, a leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S.

‘Air Condition the Factories!’ from Health and Hygiene. Vol. 5 No. 5. May 1937.

The most physically demanding job I have ever had was loading UPS trucks in Detroit going to Canada with industrial products. Even in the midst of a Detroit winter, the heat in the loading bay was so intense you gasped for breathe. After six hours, you had nothing left. Still a major workplace issue, below […]

Patterson Pizza Hut Has Some Employees Making Allegations

Questions are being raised after some employees of one Louisiana Pizza Hut say they are suffering because there is no air conditioning. Continue reading…