Heat Stress Awareness

Hot and humid weather conditions are coming, so it is important for everyone to discuss the risk factors associated with working in the sun and hot environments.

Heat Stress

See our Heat Stress page for more information on how employees and supervisors can help prevent heat stress. Heat stress includes a series of conditions where the body is under stress from overheating. Heat-related illnesses include heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat rash, or heat stroke; each with its own symptoms and treatments. Symptoms can include profuse sweating, dizziness, cessation of sweating, and collapse.

Heat Stress Training

EH&S offers Heat Related Illness Training. This Workday training module is geared towards preventing heat-related illnesses. Anyone working in hot temperatures and environments should be trained on heat stress. 

Sun Safety

Protection from UV rays is important to consider all year, not just during the summer. UV rays can reach you on cloudy and cool days, and reflect off surfaces like water, cement, sand, and snow. Below are some outside resources regarding the importance of sunscreen:

• All About Sunscreen (Source: The Skin Cancer Foundation)
• Why do we have to wear sunscreen? (Source: TedEd with Kevin P. Boyd)
• OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool App (Source: CDC)