New report says illness, injury, fatalities, and $100 billion is the cost of heat stress inaction by employers each year
On October 5, 2022, Public Citizen published a new report stating that employers’ failure to mitigate the effects of heat stress on workers causes preventable heat-related illness, injury, fatalities, and costs the U.S. Economy $100 billion each year.
Additional and shocking key findings from the report include: