Heat Stress

High Temperatures Predicted this Coming Week – Ways to Prevent Heat Stress

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June 2, 2025 – Plant and Pest Advisory – Michelle Infante-Casella, Kate Brown, Stephen Komar and Bill Bamka Heat exposure for agricultural laborers should be a consideration when working outside and even innon-air-conditioned buildings. When a person’s ability to adapt to heat stress is exceeded, exposurecan lead to reduced productivity, mistakes in job performance, increased […]

Heat Stress Inspections

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Kate Brown, Chair of Farm Health and Safety Working Group for RutgersCooperative Extension, informed us that an OSHA inspector conducteda 3.5-hour inspection which included worker interviews, wet bulb globetemperature recordings, and a complete evaluation of heat stress preventionpractices in the Hammonton area last week. Every grower should be awareon how to protect your workers from […]

Webinars: Don’t Sweat Heat Stress in Agriculture

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Plant & Pest Advisory- May 9, 2024- Kate Brown The New Jersey Legislature is currently reviewing identical bills (A3521/S2422) which would establish an occupational heat stress standard and “Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program” under the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development. As we monitor the progress of these bills, the Farm Health […]