B.C. data shows extreme heat is making more workers sick: From an average of 40 accepted WorkSafe claims a year between 2018 and 2020, to 81 last year.
Raul Gatica, spokesman for the Dignidad Migrantes Society, said he’s asking the federal government to investigate six B.C. farms for not providing workers with ways to cool down during hot weather.“The problem is not just the need of air conditioners, but also that the employer didn’t implement measures like having cold water, shadows or cold rags at the workplace and during the long working hours,” he said Thursday.
Between 2018 and 2020, WorkSafeBC accepted an average of 40 claims a year for heat stroke. The number jumped to 115 in 2021, the year of the heat dome, and remained high in 2022, at 81.
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