Construction workers fight for emergency heat protection as temperatures soar

Lucy Barnard Senior Web editor

21 July 2023

Record-breaking temperatures in the US and Europe are intensifying the demand for rules protecting construction workers from extreme heat. Lucy Barnard finds out more.

A pair of weathered boots outside Houston’s City Hall on Friday 14 July honoured Filipe Pascual, a 46-year-old construction worker who collapsed at a job site in Fort Bend County, Texas during the “heat dome.”

Pascual, who according to the medical examiner’s office, was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital Pearland…

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