The Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Bureau of Solid Waste was cited for a “serious” violation, for failing to protect its employees from dangerous heat, according to Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Agency (MOSH).
MOSH began its investigation into DPW following the death of Ronald Silver II. Silver died of heatstroke on August 2, 2024, while working in temperatures approaching 100 degrees.
According to MOSH’s citation , DPW did not “furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to excessive heat.”…