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OSHA recently issued two new resources on preventing heat illness in the workplace, including a fact sheet on “Young Workers and Heat Illness” addressing precautions that young workers should take before starting work in the heat and a short customizable conversation guide that includes a five-step, five-minute conversation that employers, managers, and supervisors can have with workers to plan for necessary actions to take in the event of a heat emergency. OSHA also reissued three previously released heat illness resources, including: Prevent Heat Illness at Work poster Personal Risk Factors and Heat Exposure pamphlet Heat Emergency Wallet Card
OSHA recently issued two new resources on preventing heat illness in the workplace, including a fact sheet on “Young Workers and Heat Illness” addressing precautions that young workers should take before starting work in the heat and a short customizable conversation guide that includes a five-step, five-minute conversation that employers, managers, and supervisors can have with workers to plan for necessary actions to take in the event of a heat emergency.
OSHA also reissued three previously released heat illness resources, including: