Advice
Cal/Osha reminds all employers to protect employees from heat diseases, since this week high temperatures are forecast this week.
It is expected that the temperatures in these areas will reach up to 113 degrees Fahrenheit in the coming days.
| Redding: 104-105 ° F. | Imperial: 111-113 ° F. |
| Palmdale: 104-105 ° F. | Riverside: 98-100 ° F. |
| Monrovia: 96-100 ° F. | Pleasanton: 98-100 ° F. |
| Fresno: 101-105 ° F. | Sacramento: 96-101 ° F. |
| Modesto: 99-101 ° F. | Bakersfield: 101-106 ° F. |
| Stockton: 95-100 ° F. | Coachella: 107-113 ° F. |
Heat disease is a serious and possibly fatal danger. According to the standards for heat disease from Cal/Osha, employers are legally obliged to carry out protective measures for outdoor and internal agencies. Employers can be covered both in the interior and outdoor regulations if they have employees in every environment. Further information can be found in the comparison table for internal and external diseases to prevent heat sickness.
CAL/OSHAS heat disk prevention in indoor employment regulation applies to most interior workstations such as restaurants, warehouses and production facilities. At workplaces indoors at which the temperature reaches 82 degrees, employers have to take steps to protect workers from heat disease. Some of the requirements include water, calm, cooling areas and training.
In order to prevent heat diseases on workplaces outdoors, employers in the law must have fresh water outdoors, access to shadows (which must be available at the temperature of 80 degrees or higher) and have to provide a worker and cooling breaks in addition to the regular breaks). In certain industries, the standard standard requires 95 degrees when the temperature of outdoor construction sites reaches or exceeds 95 degrees. The industries with additional high heat requirements are agriculture, construction, landscape design, oil and gas extraction and transport of agricultural products, building materials or other heavy materials. The high -heating methods must ensure that employees are regularly observed on signs of heat diseases and the establishment of effective communication methods.
Employers in both environments must also maintain a written prevention plan with an effective training for the superiors in order to recognize the common signs and symptoms of a heat disease and what to do in an emergency.
Additional resources
The special focus of CAL/OSHA of thermal sickness includes the enforcement of the heat standards as well as multilingual public relations and training programs for California employers and employees in California. You can find details on requirements for heat diseases and training materials online on the thermal provincement website of Cal/Osha and on the website of 99calor.org. An online tool for heat disease is also available on the Cal/Osha website.
Cal/Osha has set up the HIP network (Hetre Illenness Prevention Prevention), a voluntary partnership that aims to raise awareness among employers and employees how important it is to take steps to prevent work-related illnesses and deaths. How to join the hip network, send an e -mail to hipnetwork@dir.ca.gov.
About Cal/Osha
Cal/Osha helps workers before working in health and security at working in almost every workplace in California.
The employees in California are protected independently of immigration status. Employees who have questions about security and health at work Call 833-579-0927 to talk to a bilingual live representative of Cal/Osha between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Complaints about security and health risks in the workplace can be submitted confidentially in CAL/OSHA district office.
Employers who have questions or need support for health and security programs in the workplace Can call Cal/Osha consulting services at 800-963-9424.
Cal/Osha is a department of the California Ministry of Industrial Education.