Cold Weather – Statistics
Environmental cold can affect any worker, especially those who work outdoors and are involved in support activities for utilities, delivery services, construction, oil and gas operations, etc.
- Each year in the United States about 1,330 people die of cold exposure, essentially freezing to death.
- While most people that succumb to hypothermia may be outdoor adventurers on snowy mountain tops, regular people die in cities and rural areas as well.
- According to a study done in 2015, cold weather is 20 times as deadly as hot weather, and it’s not the extreme low or high temperatures that cause most deaths.
- The majority of deaths occurred on moderately hot and moderately cold days instead of during extreme temperatures.
Every Year, dozens of Americans die due to exposure to cold or as a result of the cold inclement weather including:
- Car accidents
- CO2 poisoning as a result of faulty heaters/heating systems
- Fires as a result of inadequate clearance around heat sources
Environmental cold can affect any worker, especially those who work outdoors and are involved in support activities for utilities, delivery services, construction, oil and gas operations, etc.
