OSHA free phone app to prevent heat-related illnesses and reduce heat stress for outdoor workers.

[barbaraann]

This app is based on local weather conditions, has a real-time heat index and hourly forecasts specific to locations.

https://www.osha.gov/heat/heat-app

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/heatstress/heatapp.html

https://www.osha.gov/heat

https://www.osha.gov/heat/employer-responsibility

CDC Heat and Health Tracker:
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/heatTracker/

An average of 702 heat-related deaths occur each year in the United States.

[Red Mountain]

1. cool

trying it out.

[Igel]

2. And yet--even if the dataset ends in 2016--

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-cold-related-deaths

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Think Maybe Economics?

We hear about poor people dying in the apartment because they couldn't afford to heat it every winter.
If prices go up but incomes don't there are more people getting financially squeezed.
Just seeking out a reason for that uptick.