More than 80,000 people suffered injuries in the EU in 2020 due to exposure to high outside temperatures at work and 67 people died as a result of extreme heat at work, the ETUC said, citing a survey by the International Labor Organization (ILO). ).
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Accordingly, the number of heat-related deaths in the EU has increased by 42 percent since 2000. As the ILO announced upon request, nine European countries were among the ten countries that recorded the largest increase worldwide. In Ireland, Denmark and the Czech Republic the increase is even above average.
Increased risk from 30 degrees
The trade union federation cited studies according to which the risk of accidents at work increases at temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius. The ETUC criticized: “Only a few European countries have legislation to protect workers during heat waves.” We are therefore calling on the European Commission to introduce binding laws. Accordingly, it should be ensured that workers have the right to breaks during extreme heat and that they must be provided with water, protective clothing and places in the shade.
“We cannot accept that dozens of workers needlessly lose their lives every summer because we have not adapted our working practices to climate change,” said Giulio Romania from the trade union federation.
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