With the full adoption of the Heat Illness Prevention and Protection from Wildfire Smoke Rules, we will be bringing you information specifically directed towards each individual Rule in the upcoming Chaser and Mainline articles. On June 15th, the first of the two Rules are set to take effect, the Heat Illness Prevention Rule. This Rule has many provisions that you will be responsible for adhering to. Amongst these provisions, you will need to be sure to account for employee access to: shade, cool or cold drinking water, and rest breaks. The Heat Rule has set requirements for additional company plans, to include: communication plan, emergency medical plan, acclimatization plan, heat illness prevention plan, supervisor and employee training, and training documentation requirements.
OR-OSHA has helped with providing a few of the requirements mentioned above, including developing a sample Heat Illness Prevention Plan where you can insert your company’s specific information in to.
Look for updated safety topics on heat and smoke, and inspection checks in the new Safety Records Book coming out soon! Expect more to come on the Heat Illness Prevention Rule in the July Mainline!
The following free resources are now available online.
Heat illness prevention online course: Designed to satisfy certain training requirements found in the heat rule, the course addresses such topics as common signs and symptoms of heat-related illnesses, risk factors, how the heat index is measured, and access to shade, drinking water, and other measures.
Fact sheet about the key requirements of the heat rule: This five-page document highlights the rule’s key overall requirements, offering a reader-friendly summary of what employers and workers need to know about the rule.
Fact sheet about the heat rule’s rest break schedule options for preventing heat illness: This two-page document provides a quick, easy-to-use overview of the part of the heat rule that addresses rest break schedule options A, B, and C.
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