Poll results: Beating the heat

More than 60 percent of respondents to the latest HBSDealer poll question say high temperatures that smothered large regions of the country in recent weeks has had no impact on business.

But a full one-third of respondents said their business was “harmed mildly.”

Here are the results of the poll.

[Click on the chart above to add your vote to the survey.]

One group that is showing concern for rising temperatures is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which has issued a heat hazard alert to remind employers of their obligation to protect workers against heat illness or injury in outdoor and indoor workplaces. 

OSHA will also intensify its enforcement where workers are exposed to heat hazards, with increased inspections in high-risk industries like construction. These actions will fully implement the agency’s National Emphasis Program on heat, announced in April 2022, to focus enforcement efforts in geographic areas and industries with the most vulnerable workers.

The action comes as historically high temperatures break records and expose millions of people to the serious dangers of heat in the workplace.