5 ways to prevent heat stress
Working in the intense heat of the summer sun can put workers at risk of heat stress, but heat stress can also hit you in places you wouldn't expect.
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Heat Stress
Explore these tips to help protect the safety of your workers and business.
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Free Heat Stress Toolkit. Get calculators, plans, and guides to help keep your team safe this summer
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Safety Connection | Heat Stress
Is heat stress a hazard in your workplace? This pre-recorded webinar outlines OHCOW's Heat Stress Toolkit and best practices for recognizing, assessing and controlling heat stress within the workplace
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10 ways to prevent heat stress in retail kitchens
Heat stress may lead to heat stroke, which can be fatal. Even mild symptoms of heat stress could be hazardous if workers are distracted and have trouble focusing on the task at hand.
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How to prevent heat stress in farming and landscaping
Minimizing heat stress immediately could prevent heat exhaustion, heat stroke, heart attack, and other physical health effects.
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Prepare for the heat: 10 steps to prevent heat stress
Heat waves may last only a week or two, but in this time workers can suffer debilitating effects and even death.
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What can employers do to protect workers from heat stress?
Heat stress can lead to heat exhaustion, heat stroke, heart attack, and other physical health effects. Watch this video for tips to protect workers from heat stress.
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What are some considerations to prevent heat stress at work and home?
Heat stress can happen anywhere - not just at work. Watch this video for tips to avoid heat stress at home and on the job.
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What is heat stress? What are the signs and symptoms?
Any job that causes your body temperature to rise has the potential to cause heat stress. Watch this video to learn what happens when someone is experiencing heat stress.
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Heat Stress
Heat stress not only affects employees working outdoors, but also those who are exposed to radiant heat or who come in direct physical contact with hot equipment as part of their job.
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Job Aid - Working in Hot Environments
Working in hot environments can be a hazard and potential health risk. Excessive heat exposure can lead to a range of conditions from discomfort to headaches, dizziness, mental confusion, fainting...
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Agricultural Safety Topic - Heat Stress
Identify symptoms of heat stroke and exhaustion and recognize emergency procedures for both.
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Sun Safety at Work
Despite being at a significant risk of skin cancer and heat stress, outdoor workers are often inadequately protected and workplaces find it difficult to implement effective sun safety measures.
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The Risk of Heat Stress in Restaurant Kitchens
When the temperature inside a restaurant kitchen is elevated, it puts a strain on the workers and impacts the ability to maintain proper temperature control to prevent microbial growth on the food.
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