HEAT STRESS
Both cold and heat can have adverse effects on your health and safety, on this page; we're going to deal with excess heat.
OSHA deals with heat stress extensively in their Technical Operations Manual, which is issued to their field inspectors. You can see the chapter on heat stress by clicking here.
We've broken down this information into more "bite-size" pieces in the following 1-page documents, which can be assembled into a short training presentation about heat stress.
1. This paper explains, in simple terms, how the human body deals with excessive heat.
2. Here you'll find the 3 ways heat is moved from one place to another, and why air conditioning feels so good on a hot, humid day!
3. There are a lot of terms for various types of illnesses caused by excessive heat; this chart will help you understand the various terms, and more important, what to look for in a victim suffering from heat stress.
Keeping heat stress from becoming a big problem for you is probably the most important thing, click here for a summary of some coping methods.
TRAINING PROGRAM:This item is a brief PowerPoint presentation that can be used to help train workers who are exposed to heat stress. Click here to view.
(Note: Individual files can be downloaded by right clicking on link and choosing "Save Target As". Files require Acrobat Reader to view, which can be downloaded for free by clicking on icon.)
