Since 2010, more than 380 workers have died in the United States due to conditions at work – deaths experts say were preventable.
The problem of heat-related deaths in the workplace is likely to intensify with climate change, and workers of color are disproportionately affected. A special edition of Texas Standard explores what’s being done to curb these deaths, featuring the findings of a yearlong investigation by NPR, The Texas and California Newsrooms, Columbia Journalism Investigations and Public Health Watch.