Working in high heat and humidity is more than uncomfortable. It can also be deadly. Heat stress is especially lethal when it sneaks up on victims. That should never happen. Heat stress doesn’t strike without warning. But when you don’t make supervisors and workers aware of the warning signs, you leave them vulnerable. Worse, you empower them to do things that actually increase the danger. Here’s a real-life story of how lack of education led directly to a heat stress death.

Chronicle of a Preventable Heat Stress Death

Anthony Dalton and Ronald Morrissey are trained boilermakers and best friends who’ve decided to […]