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Soaring Temps Underscore Worker Safety, Business Continuity
- 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record, with extreme heat events increasing, prompting businesses to rethink employee safety strategies.
- Heat stress poses significant health risks to approximately 32 million U.S. outdoor workers and those in heat-prone indoor environments like warehouses and bakeries.
- Extreme heat reduces productivity, with the U.S. losing over 2.5 billion hours of outdoor labor in 2021, potentially costing the economy up to $100 billion.
- Businesses can use weather data and tools like the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) to develop heat risk management strategies, ensuring worker safety in rising temperatures.
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