Between 1992 and 2017, heat stress injuries killed 815 US workers and seriously injured more than 70,000, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Admin. “Extreme heat is a public health crisis,” one expert says.
“Extreme heat is a public health crisis and a lot of social and economic inequities come with it,” said Oscar Londoño, executive director of WeCount!, a Homestead, Florida-based immigrant worker advocacy organization. “We see heat disproportionately impacts low-income communities, minorities and seniors,” he said.
While heat affects workers across a range of industries, U.S. farmworkers are 20 times more likely to die from illnesses related to heat stress than workers overall, the CDC said. As temperatures rise, this figure is estimated to grow. Farmworkers labor through about 21 unsafe working days every growing season when the heat index reaches 84 degrees,to a March 2020 analysis by researchers with the University of Washington. But by the end of the century, the study estimates, U.S.
Allison Crittenden, director of congressional relations with the American Farm Bureau Federation, told NBC News in an emailed statement that farmers prioritize worker safety, including access to water, frequent breaks as temperatures rise and monitoring for illness. Jose Delgado, a 72-year-old farmworker in Florida, says he does not have access to water or shade at work. When he becomes too hot, he crawls under his truck for a brief break from the sun.Jose Delgado, a 72-year-old farmworker based in Homestead, told NBC News that a rule is long overdue. A few years ago during a month of working sweet potato fields during scorching temperatures, he collapsed on his way to cash his check at the bank.
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