The Importance of Air Conditioning in Workplace Health and Safety

On a sweltering afternoon, a small manufacturing team in Cedarburg slowed to a crawl — not because of tiredness, but because the factory floor had become a sauna. Workers complained of headaches and dizziness, error rates rose, and two employees had to take time off with heat-related symptoms. The culprit wasn’t production planning or staffing; it was the building’s aging HVAC...

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