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Safety
Heat Stress

Support materials to assist with Cal-OSHA Title 8, Chapter 4 Section 3395 Heat Illness Prevention

A sample Powerpoint training presentation

Highlights best practices that have been employed to save lives during excessive heat events in different urban areas

Fact sheets with guidelines on how to handle extreme heat emergencies

Prepare for hot weather before it happens - stay healthy during a heat event

A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety in Extreme Heat

Special precautions need to be taken when working in excessive heat and humidity

Usefulness of glucose-electrolyte solutions in rehydration and preventing dehydration

Heat stress is preventable

Information about the heat index and heat safety tips

Chart of temperature, humidity and apparent temperature

Symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stress and first aid

A sample Powerpoint training presentation

A sample heat illness prevention policy

Protective measures to take at each risk level

Communities can take a number of common-sense measures to reduce the effects of summertime heat islands

Measures to reduce risks when working in hot environments

Fact sheets on heat stress and its prevention

Technical guidance for creating a heat stress monitoring program (pdf)

Guidelines to prevent heat stress

Provides a policy for workplace heat stress

How to preventheat stress

How to handle heat emergencies

How to prevent heat rash, heat stress and other heat-related illnesses

Recognizing and preventing heat-related illnesses

Weather Service of Environment Canada uses humidex numbers (heat/humidity)

In the USA, the ACGIH TLV for heat stress and strain is used

Guideliness to prevent/treat heat stress for personnel exposed to heat stress environments (pdf)

Learn more about heat-related illness and how to stay cool and well in hot weather

Heat and humidity combined with physical exertion can lead to a variety of heat-related illnesses

Helps ensure compliance with the Outdoor Heat Exposure rule, WAC 296-62-095

Extensive explanation and guidelines on controlling the hazards of heat stress