Weighed down by their bulletproof vests, employees of a security company were less than thrilled with a lack of shade, water and needed breaks on the Las Vegas Strip. That’s why one of them called the state.

“There’s no care for us feeling sick, overheated,” an unnamed employee wrote in a complaint, adding that workers aren’t provided with enough water, are discouraged from seeking shade from trees and that no heat training had been offered. “this has been an ongoing issue since last summer. I’m just speaking up because last summer we actually had a lot of people pass out due to the heat and [we had a] medical emergency last summer.”

Three other employees of Inter-Con Security Systems Inc. whom the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration interviewed shared similar concerns a

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