#ExtremeHeat Is Endangering America's Workers—and Its Economy
"Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C., based consumer rights advocacy group, estimates that extreme heat contributes to between 600 and 2,000 deaths a year, along with 170,000 injuries, making heat one of the three main causes of death and injury in the American #workplace.
In most American states, you can be fined for leaving a dog outside without water or shade."
[Workers don't have such protection].
"In 2021, after years of worker activism on the issue, OSHA began the process of developing a ruling on a #heat workplace standard, with the aim to reduce heat-related injuries and death on the job.
Historically, some employers and business groups have opposed a mandatory #HeatStandard and have lobbied against it in the past. And if Donald Trump wins the presidency, it would likely upend the standard entirely."