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Intense heat is responsible for 170,000 work-related injuries each year. Do employers care?

  By Audrey Carleton—Nexus Media News November 11, 2022   This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Foundations. Extreme heat—a phenomenon that is increasing in severity and frequency as the planet warms—is the deadliest weather-related disaster, killing more than 5,600 people each year, … Continue reading Intense heat is responsible for 170,000 work-related injuries each year. Do employers care?