How Businesses Can Beat the Heat and Keep their Workers Safe
In April, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) created a National Emphasis Campaign to highlight the workplace hazards of heat exposure. Every year, heat-related illnesses affect thousands of workers, and in some cases, even result in death. In fact, the Department of Labor reports that in the past three decades, the three-year average of workplace deaths caused by heat exposure has doubled. High heat exposure in the workplace happens in a wide-range of jobs. Summertime outdoor work in construction, road...
