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Associated Press
a day ago
- Automotive
- Associated Press
Sterilized Window Tinting Announces Rapid Growth as a Leading Ceramic Window Tint Provider in New England
Sterilized Window Tinting announces its emergence as a top-tier ceramic window tint specialist, offering lifetime warranties and premium service in Webster, Massachusetts. United States, June 2, 2025 -- Sterilized Window Tinting Announces Milestone Growth and Industry Recognition Sterilized Window Tinting, a window tinting company rooted in quality and customer service, positively incurs a rapid rise as one of New England's foremost providers of ceramic window tint solutions. Transitioning from vehicle detailing five years ago, the company expanded into window tinting two years ago, quickly establishing a reputation for excellence and reliability. By focusing on ceramic window tint—a product celebrated for superior heat rejection, UV protection, and clarity—Sterilized Window Tinting has differentiated itself in a competitive market. The company now serves a growing base of customers who seek long-lasting protection and enhanced comfort for their vehicles. Commitment to Quality and Customer Assurance Highlighted in Announcement Sterilized Window Tinting underscores its dedication to quality by partnering with reputable film manufacturers and investing in technician training. The company's lifetime warranty across all films reinforces its commitment to durability and customer satisfaction. Trusted films, manufactured in the United Sates Of America! Owner Troy Cyr stated, 'Our growth is a reflection of the trust customers place in our work and our promise of lasting quality. We see every installation as a precise craft and back that with our lifetime warranties.' Customer Trust and Online Presence Drive Expansion Sterilized Window Tinting's announcement includes its expanding customer base fueled by positive reviews and word-of-mouth referrals. The company maintains an active online presence, including Google reviews and social media platforms, to ensure transparency and ongoing customer engagement. The company credits its focus on premium ceramic tinting and attentive service for its rapid growth, positioning Sterilized Window Tinting as one of the highest quality tint shops in the New England region. Future Plans and Continued Industry Leadership Looking ahead, Sterilized Window Tinting plans to continue enhancing its service offerings by adopting the latest film technologies and installation methods. The company remains focused on providing reliable, high-quality window tint solutions backed by its industry-leading lifetime warranties. About Sterilized Window Tinting Sterilized Window Tinting is a New England-based window tinting business specializing in ceramic tint films that offer superior heat rejection and UV protection. With origins in vehicle detailing, the company has evolved to focus exclusively on premium window tint installations backed by lifetime warranties. Sterilized Window Tinting aims to provide quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction in every project. Media Contact Troy Cyr, Owner Sterilized Window Tinting Phone: 774-446-9406 Email: Website: Instagram: Facebook: Google Reviews: Sterilized Window Tinting Reviews Contact Info: Name: Troy Cyr Email: Send Email Organization: Sterilized Window Tinting Website: Release ID: 89161420 Should you identify any discrepancies, concerns, or inaccuracies in the content provided in this press release or require assistance with a press release takedown, we strongly urge you to notify us promptly by contacting [email protected] (it is important to note that this email is the authorized channel for such matters, sending multiple emails to multiple addresses does not necessarily help expedite your request). Our responsive team is committed to addressing your concerns within 8 hours by taking necessary actions to resolve identified issues diligently or guiding you through the necessary steps for removal. Our dedication lies in providing accurate and reliable information.
E&E News
4 days ago
- Business
- E&E News
Heat is killing oil workers. The industry is trying to kill a rule for that.
The oil and gas industry is pushing the Trump administration to kill a proposed rule that would protect workers from extreme heat, arguing that it jeopardizes the president's vision of achieving 'energy dominance.' The opposition comes as people who work in U.S. oil and gas fields face increasingly dangerous conditions as global temperatures swell with rising levels of climate pollution. The industry is among the nation's leading workplaces for heat-related deaths and injuries. The American Petroleum Institute is one of several industry groups that has called on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to abandon the regulation, which was proposed under former President Joe Biden and requires employers to offer water and rest breaks when temperatures rise above 80 degrees. The federal protections were drafted for the first time last year as global temperatures reached their highest levels ever recorded by humans. Advertisement 'API Ask: Do not proceed on the currently proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard,' the group wrote to the Department of Labor in December, in a memo that has not previously been made public. It lists the proposed heat rule as one of four priorities in a 'vision for American energy leadership.' 'The oil and gas industry is poised to fully realize its potential under a new era of energy dominance,' the group wrote, adding that its priorities are 'essential to achieving this energy potential.' Heat has killed 137 workers nationwide since 2017 and hospitalized thousands more, according to an analysis of OSHA data by POLITICO's E&E News. Construction and agriculture workers bear the brunt of heat injuries and fatalities, but people who extract fossil fuels in oil and gas fields, or those in support service jobs, also succumb to extreme temperatures. The fossil fuel industry accounts for 4 percent of heat-related deaths in the U.S. and nearly 7 percent of worker hospitalizations, according to federal data. That makes the industry the third-highest sector for hospitalizations from heat and among the top five for heat-related deaths. Workers have fallen ill or died while operating oil and gas drilling rigs, installing pipes, and delivering odorants. Strenuous activity can amplify the dangers of high temperatures, leading to kidney damage, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, a condition that results in organ failure and death in a matter of minutes. An oil refinery is silhouetted against the sky in El Dorado, Kansas. | Charlie Riedel/AP The string of record-breaking temperatures year after year foreshadows what could be a deadly summer, as climate change fueled by the combustion of fossil fuels turbocharges heat waves around the world. Texas has already sweltered under 100-degree heat, a record for May, and the rest of the nation is on track to experience warmer-than-normal temperatures. OSHA cited the death toll from heat, and the role of climate change in causing them, when it proposed the protections in July. They cover some 35 million people. Many of the rules' requirements mirror recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since the 1970s. Now the rule is in the hands of the Trump administration, which has launched a concerted effort to terminate government climate offices, repeal regulations for lowering greenhouse gases and roll back billions of dollars in climate funding. President Donald Trump rejects the basic tenets of climate science. One of the first signs of whether the rule might survive will come in June, when OSHA officials are scheduled to hold a hearing to collect public comment on the proposal. API spokesperson Charlotte Law declined to answer questions about heat illness rates in the oil and gas industry, saying in a statement, 'we don't have anything further to add beyond the memo.' The document takes issue with rest break requirements in the draft rule, saying it 'unreasonably requires reduce work/exposure hours for experienced workers, potentially leading to operational difficulties with no clear safety improvement.' Heat rules 'stifle … creativity, innovation' OSHA has identified six heat-related fatalities involving fossil fuel workers since 2017. One construction worker collapsed at a gas-fired power plant, and multiple people have died from heat as they tried clearing clogged wells and pipes. Others became ill and died while pressure-washing equipment in the hot sun, and one became fatally sick as he was sweeping up spilled metallurgical coke, according to OSHA records. Some 149 workers in the oil and gas industry have been hospitalized for heat exposure since 2017, compared to nine workers in the wind and solar industries. One OSHA citation described how a Texas worker began complaining of cramps and nausea — symptoms of heat illness — while trying to clear two obstructed well holes in 2017. Instead of being offered a break, the employee was 'encouraged to continue to work,' the OSHA citation said. He later died after experiencing convulsions and without receiving medical attention. OSHA issued fines amounting to $21,367 to the employer, Patco Wireline Services, for three serious violations. The fines were later dropped in a settlement. Officials with Patco, based in Houma, Louisiana, couldn't be reached for comment. A well site supervisor looks onto the Permian Basin from the control room of an oil drilling rig in Odessa, Texas. | David Goldman/AP OSHA has issued citations in each of the six industry heat deaths since 2017. The fines came under legal requirements that employers keep workplaces free of 'recognized hazards' — a general provision that would be replaced by the more detailed heat rule, if it's ever finalized. The draft heat rule outlines specific steps employers must take to prevent workers from falling ill. In addition to offering water and rest breaks, companies would have to train managers and workers to identify symptoms of heat illness and when to get medical attention. 'There are a lot of places where workers can't say, 'Oh, it's getting hot out here, I need to drink some water,' and this would help protect them before they are so ill they need to go to the hospital or die,'' said Jordan Barab, former deputy assistant secretary for OSHA during the Obama administration. Oil and gas groups disagree. API collaborated with the American Exploration and Production Council, the International Association of Drilling Contractors, and others on a letter to OSHA in January that called the rule 'flawed.' The groups argued that it applies 'a one-size-fits all prescriptive standard to arguably the most prevalent hazard ever faced by employers across the US.' 'Unless the heat rule is substantially changed, OSHA would create unnecessary burdens and stifle the creativity, innovation and individualized performance-oriented solutions that the oil and gas industry seek to foster,' they said. 'Our hope therefore is that this version of a proposed heat rule will not move forward through the rulemaking process.' The shadows of oil workers are seen climbing stairs in the Permian Basin. | AFP via Getty Images The groups take particular issue with temperature triggers in the proposed rule, which requires employers to provide water and rest breaks when combined heat and humidity reach 80 degrees. At 90 degrees, workers would get 15-minute breaks to rest and drink water after every two hours of work. They would be paid during the breaks. Such 'unbridled access to breaks' is unworkable, the industry argued. 'Employers should be allowed to set break schedules based on their specific workforce operations,' the groups wrote. They added that the rule would be a burden in cold and warm climates — from Alaska's North Slope to the Permian Basin in Texas. Eighty-degree days are so uncommon in Alaska, they argued, that 'the cost of imposing the Heat Rule's requirements are not justifiable and would be unduly burdensome and difficult to consistently apply.' It would also 'be a significant burden' in Texas because temperatures regularly exceed 80 degrees, 'requiring employers to comply with the initial heat requirements nearly half the time,' the letter said. 'Campaign of deception' The fossil fuel industry is not alone in opposing the proposed rule. Representatives of the construction and manufacturing industries made similar arguments at a hearing this month of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. But the oil and gas industry may carry extra weight during the Trump administration. Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office aimed at 'unleashing American energy' that directed federal departments to review existing regulations and policies that 'impose an undue burden on the identification, development or use of domestic energy resources.' Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (center) visited an oil and gas facility near Bakersfield, California, last month. | U.S. Department of Labor Neither OSHA nor the Department of Labor responded to questions about whether they have completed the review. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has expressed support for the fossil fuel industry, but hasn't publicly remarked on the heat rule. 'Unleashing American energy will create good-paying jobs and lower costs for business and families,' she wrote in anApril post on X about the department's efforts to train workers 'to secure American Energy Dominance.' She also toured an oil and gas facility in Bakersfield, California, that's owned by California Resources to mark 'President Trump's first 100 days of economic success.' As the Trump administration weighs whether to kill OSHA's heat rule, more workers could die — and not just in the fossil fuel industry. Shana Udvardy, a senior climate analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, which has advocated for worker heat protections, argued that the fossil fuel industry's role in heat deaths goes deeper than the climate pollution it releases. 'If not for the fossil fuel industry's concerted, multidecade campaign of deception, the U.S. and the world may have taken much more ambitious action to curb the worst effects of climate change,' she said. 'If the industry were paying its fair share toward the cost of climate damages and climate adaptation,' she added, 'we'd have more public resources and capacity to protect workers.'
The Guardian
15-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Trump pick for workplace safety agency sparks fears heat protections will be derailed
As the US prepares for what could be another record-breaking hot summer, Donald Trump and his pick to lead the nation's workplace safety agency are expected to derail the creation of the nation's first-ever federal labor protections from extreme heat. Trump in February nominated David Keeling to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Osha). Keeling formerly served as an executive at the United Parcel Service (UPS) and Amazon – both of which have faced citations from Osha for worker injuries and deaths amid heat exposure. The companies deny the deaths were heat-related. Under Keeling, Osha is expected to thwart heat protections. After years of pressure from organized labor, the agency in 2021 began working to create a federal heat standard, and last year rolled out a draft rule aimed at requiring access to water, shade, breaks and training which the Biden administration estimated would protect 36 million workers. But corporations have pushed to gut the rules, and there are concerns among safety advocates and some workers that Keeling could help them do so. Seth Pacic, a UPS delivery driver and union steward in Dallas, Texas, who has experienced heat exhaustion on the job, said he feared 'any meaningful policy to combat heat injuries will be put on hold while he holds the position'. Keeling served as vice-president of global health and safety at UPS from 2018 to 2021, and as director of road and transportation safety at Amazon from 2021 to 2023. Both companies have faced backlash for heat-related workplace incidents. A recent review of federal records by investigative outlet the Lever found that during Keeling's tenure, Osha fined the two companies a combined $2m for more than three hundred workplace safety citations, including for heat-related incidents. In the past decade, more than 170 UPS workers have been hospitalized due to heat exposure, including more than 50 during Keeling's tenure. And at Amazon and UPS, at least seven workers died after extreme heat exposure in recent years with at least three of those deaths occurring when Keeling was at the companies. Both companies denied any of the deaths were both heat-related and job-related. 'These are companies that are known to be not that great when it comes to dealing with extreme heat,' said Juley Fulcher, a worker health and safety advocate at consumer advocacy non-profit Public Citizen. Reached for comment, Courtney Parella, spokesperson for the Department of Labor, Osha's parent agency, said: 'Osha's mission to protect workers' health and safety remains a clear priority for this administration. David Keeling was nominated to advance that mission and engage stakeholders thoughtfully on policy and rulemaking decisions.' Both UPS and Amazon defended their heat policies. Amazon has said its practices meet state and federal requirements and, in some cases, go beyond them. UPS has said it has comprehensive training and protocols to support employees which it is continuously working to improve. 'At UPS, we focus on safety every day and always look for ways to improve. Over the past five years, we've invested more than 33m hours and nearly $2bn on safety training,' said Becca Hunnicutt, spokesperson for UPS. 'We report all recordable injuries to Osha and train our employees to seek immediate treatment if they recognize or report any signs or symptoms of heat stress.' She added that the company supplies materials including water, ice and electrolytes to employees and has partnered with various firms to train them on heat safety and provide them with cooling fabrics. Sam Stephenson, Amazon spokesperson, said: 'We take the health and safety of our employees incredibly seriously … For example, all of our fulfillment centers have climate-controlled systems that are monitored throughout the day; all of our Amazon branded delivery vehicles have air conditioning; and we've invested $59m to insulate our vans to help reduce the internal temperatures for our delivery partners.' He said the recent Lever reporting 'oversimplifies complex issues and provides broad generalizations in an effort to purposefully mislead its readers'. 'The fact is, Amazon has not been cited for any heat-related deaths,' he said. 'Safety is our top priority across all our operations and any implication, stated or otherwise, is false.' Though Osha did cite Amazon for heat-related conditions, he said the company has appealed. In previous statements both UPS and Amazon have defended their heat policies. Amazon has said its practices meet state and federal requirements and, in some cases, go beyond them. UPS has said it has comprehensive training and protocols to support employees which it is continuously working to improve. Keeling said he was unable to comment for the piece until he is confirmed by the Senate. In a 2021 op-ed, he wrote that he began his work at UPS in 1985 as a package handler – a role which showed him the importance of 'safety and wellness', as well as 'sleep and hydration'. That experience informed his work as a safety executive, he wrote, encouraging him to 'seek out the input and perspective of frontline employees'. The Teamsters union, which represents UPS employees and some Amazon workers, endorsed Keeling's nomination over dissent from some members of the rank and file. Federal health and safety experts first recommended Osha create a national heat standard more than 50 years ago. In the intervening years, US summers have warmed significantly due to the climate crisis. Sign up to Headlines US Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion The Department of Labor estimates that more than 400 US workers died from heat-related causes between 2011 and 2021. Many experts believe that to be a vast understatement; Public Citizen estimates the true number is up to 2,000 a year, with an additional 170,000 heat-related injuries and illnesses annually. A federal heat standard, experts say, could drastically decrease those numbers. But Osha is under no obligation to finalize the rule under Trump. 'They could put it on a shelf and say, we're just not going to do anything with this,' said Fulcher. Recent cuts to regulatory staff at Osha could make it difficult for the agency to finalize a rule 'even if they wanted to,' said Jordan Barab, former deputy assistant secretary of labor at Osha from 2009 to 2017. But if it musters up the ability to work on the rule, the agency could gut it, Barab said. Corporations, including UPS, have spent millions lobbying against the standard. In public comments to Osha on the 2024 draft rule, many companies contested provisions that would mandate breaks for workers, trigger certain protections when the temperature crosses 80F and 90F, and require that new and returning workers face limited heat exposure. A weakened final rule could also exempt certain workers and workplaces, Barab said. Osha will host a public hearing on the federal heat standard next month. Keeling's confirmation hearing has yet to be scheduled. During Trump's first term, the Senate never brought his nominee for OSHA head up for a vote. If given the opportunity, Senators should press the nominee on potential 'favoritism' toward UPS and Amazon, said Fulcher. 'There's always a potential question about conflict when someone is regulating companies where they worked,' she said. 'And these are two huge, massive companies that employ hundreds of thousands of people and are going to certainly be the subject of a lot of complaints.' Senators should ask Keeling questions 'with workers in mind', said Antoine Andrews, who has worked at UPS in Brooklyn, New York, for 29 years. 'I hope they think of the hardworking people getting up every day to support themselves and their loved ones and keep the country running,' said Andrews, who also serves as a union steward. 'We need people who are going to protect workers from the crisis of heat,' Andrews said. 'But Keeling? We're afraid he will be biased in the other direction.'
Daily Mail
07-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Daily Mail
Celebrity stylist-approved hair dryer now 25% off - get the same salon-quality blowouts as Hailey Bieber and Charli XCX
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