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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

But health policy and occupational health researchers say that worker deaths are not inevitable. Both estimates are upsetting, said Linda McCauley, dean of the nursing school at Emory University and an occupational health researcher. The proposed rules — a heat standard from OSHA — reaches a milestone Dec.

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Proposed federal heat rule might have saved these workers’ lives

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

But health policy and occupational health researchers say that worker deaths are not inevitable. Both estimates are upsetting, said Linda McCauley, dean of the nursing school at Emory University and an occupational health researcher. “No No one should go to work expecting that they might die,” she said.

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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

Proposed federal heat rule might have saved these workers’ lives

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