Lack of worker heat protections despite rising temperatures leave patchwork of guidelines, put workers in danger | CNN Business

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Esteban Wood still remembers the time a 74-year-old Mexican farmer in Homestead, Florida, collapsed on the job from extreme heat.

In 2018, Wood, the policy director at Florida-based worker advocacy group WeCount!, learned about the case of Jose Delgado, who passed out near the end of a workday without anyone around to help him. It’s unclear how long Delgado was down but he was fortunate to have been found by co-workers, who called emergency services. Delgado, Wood says, continues to suffer from kidney damage.

Delgado, who is a long-standing member of WeCount!, helped inspire

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