Jisung Park examines extreme heat as a work hazard | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
June 13, 2022
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: Marketplace

UCLA Expert: Jisung Park: Assistant Professor, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Synopsis: Park warns of the hazards that workers may be facing when exposed to extreme heat, exhaustion and dehydration without much federal protection. He derived these conclusions by comparing workplace injury data with temperature records.

UCLA News: “So it’s things like falling off of a ladder, getting your hand caught in a conveyor belt,” said Park. He added, “those kinds of accidents are more common when it’s 90 degrees or hotter, yet there are no binding federal mandates with regard to heat on the job.”