--- ---  # Heat Makes Outdoor Work Dangerous by [Aryn Baker](https://time.com/author/aryn-baker/) and [Joey Lautrup](https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/) Aug 3, 2023 12:00 PM UTC  by [Aryn Baker](https://time.com/author/aryn-baker/) and [Joey Lautrup](https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/) Aug 3, 2023 12:00 PM UTC Heat Makes Outdoor Work Dangerous ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6301020/heat-makes-outdoor-work-dangerous/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6301020/heat-makes-outdoor-work-dangerous/"},"headline":"Heat Makes Outdoor Work Dangerous","datePublished":"2023-08-03T12:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T13:16:56.576Z","description":"As scorching temperatures broke new records for the planet this summer, outdoor workers are increasingly vulnerable.","url":"https://time.com/6301020/heat-makes-outdoor-work-dangerous/","keywords":["extreme weather","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf3b98d2ea8e57b3/698a3f38457a52dcefd67d6c/3_THUMBNAIL.00_00_00_14.Still002_TXTLS.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aryn Baker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aryn-baker/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Joey Lautrup","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf3b98d2ea8e57b3/698a3f38457a52dcefd67d6c/3_THUMBNAIL.00_00_00_14.Still002_TXTLS.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"3_THUMBNAIL.00_00_00_14.Still002_TXTLS","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/extreme-weather/","name":"extreme weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6301020/heat-makes-outdoor-work-dangerous/","name":"Heat Makes Outdoor Work Dangerous"}}]}] ```