(File Photo of Snow in New Brighton)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is now calling on employers in the area to protect workers, especially those that are working outdoors, from the dangers which are caused by cold stress. The common types of cold stress are frostbite, hypothermia and trench foot. You can visit www.osha.gov/winter-weather for more tips on being safe in the cold weather.