Excessive heat puts your body at risk for organ damage. When workers don’t have a chance to cool off at home between shifts, that harm can accumulate.
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The coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of ensuring safe workspaces, and a new study suggests unionization leads workers to speak up about poor conditions.
The threat posed by COVID-19 on mines is considerable. The main reasons are cramped working conditions underground, transportation in packed cages, and a high incidence of other respiratory diseases.
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Associate Professor and Labor Economist, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visting Senior Lecturer Wits Mining Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Miami
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Ph.D. Student in Environmental Science & Policy, University of Miami
