Heat Illness
Throbbing headache, confusion, nausea, dizziness, body temperature above 104°F, hot, red, dry or damp skin, rapid and strong pulse, fainting, loss of consciousness.
What is symptoms of heat stroke
What should be Fresh, Pure and Suitably Cool? How many cups should be available per employee per hour for drinking for the entire shift?
drinking water
1 quart/4 cups/2 16oz water bottles
Does your company have a heat illness prevention program? Do you know where it is located?
Yes & Yes
What kind of clothing can make heat stress worse
Dark Clothing or Clothing that does not breathe
What 2 common beverages should a worker avoid
Alcohol and Caffeine
Trigger temperature for access to shade
80 degrees fahrenheit
Does your company provide heat illness prevention training? List methods of training.
Yes
Toolbox talks, pamphlets, safety huddles, in classrooms trainings, micro learning sessions, mass text reminders.
Call 911 and quickly cool the person
Treatment for Heatstroke
How is your company addressing access to shade?
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Gradually getting used to or adapting to working in high heat temperatures.
What is heat acclimation
Caused by loss of fluids and electrolytes from sweating
Heat Cramps
Red, hot, dry skin
High temperature
Confusion, fainting, convulsions.
What are symptoms of heat stroke
Personal risk factors which may increase the risk of heat illness
Obesity, Diabetes, High blood pressure, Heart disease, Alcohol use, Medications such as diuretics (Some medications can result in a worker's inability to feel heat conditions and/or the inability to sweat, so symptoms of heat stress may not be evident.)
Name one common way the body gets rid of heat?
Sweating
Passing out during a heat episode
What is heat syncope
What is the temperature where your organs will start to shut down?
What is 105 degrees
How can you know that the amount of water you are drinking is not enough besides being thirsty?
You don’t urinate
or
Your urine is very dark
Factors that greatly slow the body's natural processes of releasing heat.
Hot air temperatures, high relative humidity and lack of air movement.
Radiant heat from other sources, workload and duration, PPE.
How hot does it need to be for high heat precautions to take effect?
95 degrees F
Heat illness is a serious medical condition resulting from the body's inability to cope with a particular heat load, and includes heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat syncope, heat stroke.
What is heat illness
Supervisors training also includes?
How to monitor weather reports
How to respond to hot weather advisories.
The procedures the supervisor is to follow when an employee exhibits signs or reports symptoms consistent with possible heat illness, including emergency response procedures.
The procedures the supervisor is to follow to implement the applicable HIP provisions Title 8 - 3395..
How to handle an enforcement visit.
My Company's emergency response procedures are:
Effective method of communication; Provide clear, precise directions to the work site, procedures for responding to signs or symptoms of possible heat illness, designate a person to be available to ensure that emergency procedures are invoked when appropriate.
A process by which the body adjusts to increased heat exposure. My Company procedures are?
Acclimatization
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