Develop a Heat-Related Injury and Illness Prevention Program
As we move into the summer months of 2018, a company's hazard assessment program should include consideration for the impact excessive heat plays, or could play, in its work environment. According to federal agencies, NASA and NOAA, 2016 was the warmest year on record globally.
Overwhelmingly, temperatures and record high days are on the rise. Relative to work-related heat situations, it is estimated that more than 1,300 deaths per year in the United States are due to extreme heat. Heat related illness and death is preventable, but it takes education, knowledge and the proper tools to be proactive.
