Epidemiology of Occupational Heat-Related Illness

Fatality rate = 0.22 per million workers
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359 occupational heat-related deaths were identified between 2000 and 2010, which corresponds to a fatality rate of 0.22 per 1 million workers. Gubernot et al. (2014) Heat-exposed agricultural workers were 14% more likely to experience a traumatic injury compared to non-heat exposed agricultural workers. Spector et al. (2019)
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Problem? 13.3 MILLION workers perform work in heat per day!

Help us keep workers safe from heat-related illnesses and injury!
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