Washington, DC CNN —Baggage handlers and airplane cleaners at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport say they are exposed to brutally hot temperatures and are asking for an investigation into their employer, Prospect Airport Services.
Nearly a dozen workers wrote to the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health to say that even on the overnight shift, temperatures spike to unsafe levels while cleaners work inside airplanes without air conditioning.
The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health acknowledged the complaint in a brief statement to CNN.
“Because it is an open file, we cannot comment further.”The letter also says break rooms are hot, and there is limited access to water.
The complaint, from a state that experienced extreme hot temperatures throughout the summer, follows years of complaints from flight attendants and other workers who want more regulations around hot planes.
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