Heat-illness prevention

Hazards

• A program for recognizing and controlling environmental, workload, clothing, and individual heat risks.

Controls

• Provide cool water, rest and shade, acclimatization, training, monitoring, buddy observation, emergency response, and added controls as heat stress rises.

Personal protective equipment

• Select task-specific PPE only after hazards and higher-order controls have been evaluated.

Regional considerations

• Applicable law, permits, collective agreements, venue rules, and qualified-person decisions take precedence.

In practice

Provide cool water, rest and shade, acclimatization, training, monitoring, buddy observation, emergency response, and added controls as heat stress rises.

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