Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers to Protect Employees from Extreme Heat

With weather forecasts projecting temperatures to rise to as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit this week, Cal/OSHA is reminding employers to protect workers from heat illness.

The news advisory from the California Department of Industrial Relations, the agency of which Cal/OSHA is a part, includes information for employers, such as the recaps of the symptoms of heat illness, plus links to:

• The Cal/OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Guidance and Resources page. On that page is a chart comparing the indoor and outdoor heat illness prevention standards.
• The Indoor Heat Illness Prevention regulation.
• A Heat Illness Prevention eTool for Outloor Workplaces.

CalChamber Resources

The HR Library on HRCalifornia provides California Chamber of Commerce members with information about avoiding heat illness and templates for creating heat illness prevention plans for employers with indoor or outdoor employees.

CalChamber also offers California Heat Illness Safety and Prevention posters in English and in Spanish.

To order, visit the CalChamber Store or call (800) 331-8877.