OR-OSHA Heat Stress Prevention

July 19th, 2021

The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, which includes Oregon OSHA, maintains a Multicultural Communications Program that provides outreach to communities with limited English proficiency.  That outreach encompasses information about on-the-job safety and health.  The program includes a toll-free phone number for Spanish-speaking Oregonians: 800-843-8086.  Oregon OSHA has compiled the following state and national education and training resources to help employers achieve compliance and reduce the risk of heat stress to workers.  The following resources are free and available now in English and Spanish.

English:

• Oregon OSHA fact sheet about the temporary heat stress prevention rule
• How to Stay Cool in Extreme Heat video – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Protect Workers from Heat Stress infographic – CDC
• Protecting Workers from Heat Illness – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Rest. Shade – Oregon OSHA publication
• Heat Illness Trifold card – Oregon OSHA
• Heat Illness Prevention Plan – Oregon OSHA
• Heat Illness Poster – Oregon OSHA
• Heat Stress Prevention Video – Oregon OSHA
• The federal OSHA heat stress app – for planning outdoor work activities based on how hot it feels during the day
• A-to-Z topic page about heat stress – Oregon OSHA
• 14 video resources on heat stress, including in agriculture and construction – Oregon OSHA’s Resource Library

• Extreme Heat Q&A – Oregon Health Authority (OHA)
• First Aid for Heat Illness (OHA)
• Sun Safety at Work Video – WorkSafeBC (video produced by the workplace health and safety regulator for British Columbia; it includes helpful information that can be put to practical use anywhere)

Spanish:

• Heat Stress Prevention Video – Oregon OSHA
• Heat Stroke vs Exhaustion – OHA infographic
• Extreme Heat and Public Health – OHA Q&A
• Heat and Your Health – OHA publication
• First Aid for Heat Illness – OHA
• Rest. Shade. Poster – Oregon OSHA
• Heat Illness Quick Facts – Oregon OSHA
• Heat Illness Prevention Plan – Oregon OSHA
• Heat Stress Trifold Oregon OSHA
• 14 video resources on heat stress, including in agriculture and construction – Oregon OSHA’s Resource Library

• Using the Heat Index – click on “Español” (Federal OSHA)
• Preventing Heat-related Illness or Death of Outdoor Workers – NIOSH
• Extreme Heat Webpage – CDC
• Preventing Heat Illness in Workers Video – Federal OSHA
• Preventing Heat-Related Illness Benefits Everyone (U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers)