A small woodland fire was the scene of a workplace fatality when one firefighter died of heat stroke. The young man was one of two affected by heat stroke that day. Two others were affected by heat exhaustion, a less serious form of heat illness. In fact, 80 percent of the crew battling that fire reported symptoms of heat illness. All but one survived. The firefighters were building a fire line on a steep slope. They were dressed in standard fire-resistant clothing. Temperature was 98 degrees Fahrenheit (36 degrees Celsius) and relative humidity was about 30 percent. While heat is an obvious danger […]
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