During these hot days, physically demanding work, heavy clothing, and dehydration can put even the healthiest workers at higher risk for serious heat illness like debilitating heat exhaustion and life-threatening heat stroke. 

TELONE Soil Fumigant offering it's annual PNW Fumigation Stewardship Training August 8, 2023 in Moses Lake, Washington and August 10, 2023 in Kennewick, Washington. Attendees are eligible for 4 continuing credit hours for both Washington and Oregon.

Washington State University’s Potato Decision Aid System will be the subject of a webinar on August 24^th at 2:00-3:00 PM.

The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) filed a Preproposal Statement of Inquiry (CR-101) regarding voluntary use of personal protective equipment (PPE) on March 22, 2023.

As hotter, drier weather sets in, farmworkers, construction workers, and other outdoor workers will be better protected from heatstroke and other hot-weather hazards because of updated workplace heat rules that took effect in mid-July.

The U.S. Department of State, the State of Washington, and the City of Seattle announced Seattle, Washington as the site of the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials’ and Ministerial Meetings, including the Women and the Economy Forum, during the U.S. APEC host year in 2023.