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Workers Roast as Federal Heat Standard Languishes
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 July 30, 2025 | HEALTH & SAFETY | It was 100 degrees in Baltimore the day Ronald Silver II died on the job last summer. He had already taken time off from his sanitation job that week to recover from body cramps, a symptom of heat-related illness recognized by the U.S. Army and federal agencies. But he was worried about getting in trouble with supervisors, a report from the city’s inspector general shows, so he went back to work on August 2, ready to make 1,153 trash pickups over the course of another long day. The garbage trucks of Baltimore have what numerous employees told the inspector general was “inadequate air-conditioning,” if they have it at all, and exhaust fumes can make the area behind the trucks 20 degrees hotter than the outside temperature. The American Prospect
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