UPS Drivers Say 'Brutal' Heat Is Endangering Their Lives

[britwrit]

From the USA, via the New York Times:

Around 8 p.m. on a hot Thursday in July, Nicholas Gubell, a driver for UPS, was nearing the end of his route on Long Island when he started to feel woozy.

That day, Mr. Gubell, 26, had delivered about 200 packages. Temperatures had soared into the high 80s, and it was even hotter inside the metal shell of the back of the truck, where, with each stop, he would spend up to a minute or so to retrieve his cargo, sweat beading on his skin.

Now, pulled over on the side of the road, he was panting and barely able to speak, gripping his phone with his hand, which had cramped from dehydration.

“My body was losing it,” Mr. Gubell said. Paramedics covered him in ice packs to bring down his body temperature and took him to a hospital. He added, “I was just trying to hold on as best I could.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/busi ... eaths.html

[pinstripe]

Yeah, you see, what he should have done is wear a sun hat, wear sun screen and deliver in the shade. Just like we do.