Items Tagged with 'summer safety'

The dangers of working in the heat and its adverse impacts are “predictable and largely preventable,” according to the WHO.

This new rule from OSHA paired with dangerously high summer temperatures mean that heat safety will continue to weigh heavily for some time to come.

Heat stress occurs when the body’s natural cooling systems become overwhelmed, leading to symptoms ranging from disconcerting to life-threatening.

Key summer safety protocols to protect workers from summer-related dangers.

It’s time to increase awareness of the elevated risk of injury and ensure your workers are as safe in the summer months as any other month. 

During the summer months, many workplaces find themselves dealing not only with heat, but destructive tornadoes, voracious hurricanes, and suffocating wildfire smoke.

Workers who wear high-visibility apparel must be both visible and comfortable in high temperatures.

Whether workers are toiling under the sun or next to a blast furnace, the risks of heat-related illnesses and accidents are ever-present and growing.

The surprising ways that heat can affect your workers’ well-being, and your safety record, and what you can do to help.

The risk of heat-related injury and illness increases every summer. Learn everything you need to know to combat it.