Roadmap to effective and attainable workplace heat standards in the USA and beyond
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2024
Early View
1-2
extreme temperatures ; heat ; occupational injury ; mortality ; protection against heat ; labour standard
Occupational risks
https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2024-109735
English
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"2023 was the hottest year on record; 2024 is set to be even hotter. The rise in climate change-driven occupational heat stress is putting the health and livelihoods of workers at grave risk. The number of workers suffering the consequences of excessive heat is alarming. An International Labour Organization (ILO) report in 2024 has shown that at least 71% of the global working population are exposed to excessive heat leading to almost 23 million injuries and 19 000 deaths every year. ..."
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