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California's Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) has new workplace heat illness prevention standards. This webinar helped employers understand and implement essential safety measures to protect their team from heat-related illnesses and how to implement an effective Heat Illness Prevention Plan.
These standards went into effect on July 23, 2024.
CRA members, log into the website to view the Insight.
Published by Cal/OSHA
This is a fillable template that must be tailored to your worksite. Instructions in red font enclosed in brackets indicate where you must enter your worksite-specific information.
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With exceptions, this standard applies to all indoor work areas where the temperature equals or exceeds 82 degrees Fahrenheit when workers are present. It does not apply to outdoor working conditions that fall under the scope and application of California Code of Regulations title 8, section 3395.
Employers should provide and maintain one or more cool-down areas at all times while workers are present. The cool-down area shall be located as close as possible to the areas where workers are working.
Numerous resources and heat illness publications can be found on Cal/OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention webpage.
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