Department of Public Works

Last year two sanitation workers died on the clock, including Ron Silver II’s death from heat stroke.

The family wants more investigatory materials and another public hearing.

DPW is still finalizing the implementation of a heat standard.

Solid waste laborers in the Baltimore City Department of Public Works get 15 cents an hour for hazard pay.

The state labor department found that on August 2nd, workers like Ronald Silver II were subject to direct sunlight with a heat index of 108 degrees.

During the time of the investigation, two sanitation workers died from illness or injury on the job. While the report does not detail their causes of death, it provides insight into the conditions they experienced before they died.

This comes after months of insisting from the Maryland DOL that citations are due within six months of the incident.

The program is under the authority of DPW. Resolutions like the one passed Monday can serve to put public pressure on the department.

Sewer rates would go up 15% and water by 3% in February under a plan before the board.

Environmentalists say they remain concerned for the Prettyboy Reservoir.