Sixteen UPS employees told NBCNews they've suffered heat illnesses so far this summer, highlighting hazards UPS workers face in record heat.
Steve Gaut, vice president of public relations at UPS, said the amount of freight has increased this summer, but the workload has not. He also said he"cannot corroborate the existence of 'record heat'" this summer,"as this is dependent on the geographic location of the employee and the period in question."
The true scope of heat injuries is"staggering," said Chris, a driver in Florida who asked to be identified only by his first name."The problem is so many haven't been reported, so there's no paper trail."Obtained by NBC News UPS spokesman Gaut said the number of heat-related hospitalizations reported in July’s NBC News investigation affected less than one-tenth of one percent of the company’s driver workforce."We have a robust heat injury prevention program implemented in 2006 called Cool Solutions,” said Gaut."We care deeply about the health and safety of all our people."
"We never want them to continue working to the point that they risk their health or work in an unsafe manner," Gaut told NBC News in July.Gaut denied that UPS discourages workers from seeking medical treatment. But according to some workers, supervisors don't always ensure employees get necessary care.
A supervisor was in the truck with Stephen Nowlin in late June when Nowlin, also a driver in Texas, began to feel weak and faint.
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