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    A new federal rule could offer protection from extreme heat to millions of workers

    By Alana Wise NPR,

    19 days ago
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    Buy Now Construction workers on Windsor Drive cool off with a water break as afternoon temperatures reached 108 degrees on July 18, 2022, in Denton. Al Key/DRC file photo

    The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule that would require employers to develop injury and illness prevention plans in order to better protect workers from heat-related injuries and death.

    “Workers all over the country are passing out, suffering heatstroke and dying from heat exposure from just doing their jobs, and something must be done to protect them,” Doug Parker, assistant secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said in a statement on Tuesday.

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