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Welcome to Episode 24 of OSHIT where Kat and Ella talk about Heat Illness which resulted in the deaths of Victor Hernandez, 28, Dario Mendoza, 26, Efrain Lopez Garcia, 29, an unnamed male, and many, many others. This episode is dedicated to all employees working in hot conditions, but especially those who lost their lives in the heat.

For more information on Heat Illness and Preventing Heat Related deaths, please visit: https://www.osha.gov/heat-exposure

The sources used during this episode can be found below:

https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region4/06282023

https://www.reckon.news/news/2023/08/say-their-names-these-are-all-the-farmworkers-who-have-died-from-extreme-heat-in-the-last-year.html

https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1641551.015

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20220824-1#:~:text=DUETTE%2C%20FL%20%E2%80%93%20A%20federal%20workplace,second%20day%20on%20the%20job.

https://www.osha.gov/heat-exposure

https://www.osha.gov/heat-exposure/illness-first-aid