Severe weather is not just an environmental issue, impacting a few industries. Increasingly, it is a workplace issue—and not just where work is performed outside. As employers provide safe, hazard-free workplaces and training to prevent illnesses and injuries1, this responsibility is now expanding to include additional risks such as excessive heat, extreme cold, heavy precipitation, air quality, and diseases that can spread due to high temperatures and flooding.
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Managing Weather-Related Health Risks: Best Practices for Employers from Agriculture
By Vivian Campagna, DNP, RN, CCM, CMGT-BC, ICE-CCP, Chief Industry Relations Officer, The Commission (formerly the Commission for Case Manager Certification) Ed Quick, MA, MBA, CDMS, Immediate Past Chair of The Commission and global senior benefits manager for a Fortune 100 company
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