As the US faces the hottest summer in human history, workers whose jobs are outdoors are at extreme risk of heat-related dangers, including death. CNN spoke to the family members of two Texas workers who died in heat as high as 119 degrees.
Gabriel Infante, 24, was dazed and sweating in the unforgiving sun. The heat index was over 100 degrees on the fifth day of his new job installing fiber optic cables in the San Antonio, Texas, area. Late that afternoon, he lunged at another coworker in a fit of delirium, alleging that his coworkers “were going to kill him,” according to his mother’s recollection of events told to her by Gabriel’s friend and coworker, Joshua Espinoza. Infante then fell and hit his head.
In a photo shared with CNN by Kimetra Lewis, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers branch that represented Gates, and taken two days before Eugene’s death, a thermometer showed the temperature inside another USPS truck in the Dallas area was almost 140 degrees. Carla said she felt like it was a “death trap” for her husband to work outside in those conditions. The US Postal Service told CNN it was “deeply saddened” by Eugene’s death and that safety is its “top priority.
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