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As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer
Grossman, Elizabeth
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/19261/its_too_darned_hot_as_temperatures_rise_heat_becomes_deadly_on_the_jobDate Written: 2016-07-05 Publisher: In These Times Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19606 The summer of 2016 is barely two weeks old, but this year is already on track to break high temperature records in the United States. On June 20, cities across the Southwest and into Nevada reached all-time triple-digit highs. Meanwhile, every single state experienced spring temperatures above average, with some in the Northwest reaching record highs. These temperatures have already proved deadly, killing five hikers in Arizona earlier this month. Triple-digit heat earlier that same week is also being blamed for the deaths of two construction workers, 49-year old Dale Heitman in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 15 and 55-year old Thomas F. “Tommy” Barnes on June 14 at the Monsanto campus in nearby Chesterfield, Missouri. Subject Headings |