The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) provides heat illness prevention training to employers throughout the state. DOSH has also published the training program, in both English and Spanish, on the agency’s heat illness prevention website at www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/HeatIllnessInfo.html.
The training program covers what DOSH considers to be the essential components of its heat illness prevention rule, including:
A written program. The written procedures for protecting workers from heat illness can be incorporated into the employer’s injury and illness prevention program. The written program should cover:
- How access to water and shade will be provided
- How the employer will monitor the weather
- How high-heat conditions (temperatures greater than 95 degrees F) will be identified and addressed
- Acclimatization procedures during heat waves and for new employees
- Training for workers and supervisors
- Appropriate responses to heat illness incidents
- Directions to the worksite for emergency responders
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Training. All workers and supervisors must receive training before working outdoors in the heat. The training must cover:
- Environmental and personal factors that can contribute to heat illness
- The steps the employer is taking to prevent heat illness
- The importance of drinking sufficient fluids
- The importance of acclimatization
- Signs and symptoms of heat illness
Keep cool in the heat this summer—and keep your workers cool—by training them on these key heat illness prevention precautions.
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