PORTLAND — The August heat set records in Portland and Salem, Ore. It was especially brutal for people who work outside.
Oregon’s workers compensation firm, SAIF, said it received more than 30 heat-related claims in August this year.
“We see things like heat cramp, heat stress, and more seriously, heat exhaustion,” said Ben McCormack, the senior safety management consultant at SAIF Corporation.
McCormack said jobs that typically produce the most heat-related claims include, “laborers, roofers, and carpenters. But jobs like firefighters and truck drivers are impacted by the heat as well.”
