Every year, dozens
of workers are killed by heat, and thousands more experience heat-related
illnesses. With summer heat on the rise across the nation, workers and
employers are turning to OSHA's Heat Safety Tool for help staying safe in the
heat. In all, more than 148,000 users have downloaded this life-saving app
since its launch in August 2011.
OSHA,
state and local government and corporate representatives meet in Phoenix July
1 to promote "Water. Rest. Shade."
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As temperatures
soared well past 100 degrees in Phoenix on July 1, OSHA staff joined
representatives from the Phoenix City Council, Clear Channel Outdoor, Lamar
Advertising, Christy Signs, the American Society of Safety Engineers, and the
Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health to promote OSHA’s "Water.
Rest. Shade." campaign. Lamar and Clear Channel have posted
heat campaign billboards across the country.
In a July 7 article
in The Washington Post, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health Dr. David Michaels explained employers' obligation to protect
construction crews, road workers, farm workers, trash collectors and others who
are working outdoors this summer in high heat — including temporary workers who
often are not used to working in heat and need to be acclimated. The Post
article highlighted OSHA's interactive
map that plots heat-related fatalities among outdoor workers between
2008 and 2013.
For more
information and free resources, visit OSHA's Heat Illness Prevention page. To order
quantities of OSHA's heat illness educational materials in English or
Spanish, call OSHA's Office of Communications at (202) 693-1999.
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