The extra-hot conditions expected across the country, shown in the graphic below, will put many millions of workers at high risk
released today and produced by NRDC tracks efforts to establish state-level heat safeguards while workers wait for federal ones.Workers shared stories of being denied breaks, passing out from the heat, and other stressors during an OSHAlast week, illustrating just how critical it is that worker protection agencies develop and enforce heat safety standards.
“I want important people to know that this is our reality … Our people are getting sick. We are thirsty. And no one seems to care.”. From 1992 to 2019, an average of at least 32 U.S. workers died each year from heat. From 2011 to 2019, heat-related illnesses and injuries forced an average of at least 3,507 workers to take time off work. These counts are considered highly conservative because of
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