Why workers still swelter, weeks after new heat standards took effect for indoor worksites

Despite new state regulations requiring workplaces to cool indoor climates when they reach unsafe levels, the temperature in the restaurant's kitchen that day registered 104 degrees, according to a hand-held thermometer that Rangel said a co-worker showed her.

After years of delays, California's new rule regulating heat in indoor workplaces took effect in late July. The rule adopts heat illness prevention measures for indoor workplaces.

If temperatures climb to 87 degrees, or employees are required to work near hot equipment, employers must cool the work site or rotate workers out of hot environments.

Workers would include a photo of the temperature reading in a complaint filed with state regulators. Many weren't aware of the new rules.

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