EHS Topic: Heat and Cold

California Guide to Working in Hot Indoor Conditions

This session provides information about how to recognize and prevent heat illnesses that develop when working in hot indoor environments. This training is intended for California employees who may work indoors in hot conditions, in workplaces subject to the state’s heat illness prevention standard for indoor workplaces. These workplaces might include foundries, manufacturing facilities, boiler rooms, warehouses, bakeries, kitchens, laundries, and even offices. Heat is not a hazard that should be taken lightly because it can lead to serious medical concerns. The main objective of this session is to teach you how to protect your health and safety when working in hot indoor conditions.

California Guide to Working in Hot Outdoor Environments

This session provides information about how to recognize and prevent heat illnesses that develop when working in hot conditions. This training is intended for California employees who may work outdoors in the heat. Heat is not a hazard that should be taken lightly because it can lead to serious medical concerns. The main objective of this session is to teach you how to protect your health and safety when working in hot conditions.

Working in Hot Conditions

If you work outdoors in hot weather or indoors with no cooling system, it comes with the territory that you may sometimes feel hot and uncomfortable. While being hot may sometimes be unavoidable, if you get too overheated and dehydrated, it could be downright dangerous.
Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to protect yourself from heat-related illnesses, and that’s what this training session is all about.

Working in Hot Conditions (Spanish)

If you work outdoors in hot weather or indoors with no cooling system, it comes with the territory that you may sometimes feel hot and uncomfortable. While being hot may sometimes be unavoidable, if you get too overheated and dehydrated, it could be downright dangerous.

Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to protect yourself from heat-related illnesses, and that’s what this training session is all about.

Si trabaja al aire libre en clima caluroso o en interiores sin un sistema de enfriamiento, es normal que a veces se sienta acalorado e incómodo. Aunque a veces sea inevitable tener calor, si se sobrecalienta y deshidrata demasiado, puede ser realmente peligroso.

Afortunadamente, hay mucho que puede hacer para protegerse de las enfermedades relacionadas con el calor, y de eso se trata esta sesión de capacitación.